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aux portes de la mort

French, adjective/o pɔʁ.t(ə) də la mɔʁ/

aux portes de la mort is a French adjective meaning “at death's door” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does aux portes de la mort mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    at death's door

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce aux portes de la mort?

  • /o pɔʁ.t(ə) də la mɔʁ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.