mainmorte
French, noun/mɛ̃.mɔʁt/
mainmorte is spelled M-A-I-N-M-O-R-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mainmorte is a French feminine noun meaning “mortmain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État des vassaux qui, en vertu d’anciens droits féodaux, en particulier le servage, étaient privés de la…”.
What does mainmorte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemortmain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État des vassaux qui, en vertu d’anciens droits féodaux, en particulier le servage, étaient privés de la faculté de transmettre leurs biens par héritage. 2. Ensemble des biens des communautés, des hôpitaux, etc., considérés comme inaliénables ; ils étaient exonérés des droits de mutation et assujettis à une taxe spéciale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mainmorte
- mainmortes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mainmorte?
- /mɛ̃.mɔʁt/
- \mɛ̃.mɔʁt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mainmorte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mainmorte in French?
mainmorte appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).