malemort
French, noun/mal.mɔʁ/
malemort is spelled M-A-L-E-M-O-R-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malemort is a French feminine noun meaning “a cruel or horrible death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mort funeste”.
What does malemort mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininea cruel or horrible death
mourir de malemort
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mort funeste. 2. Maladie mortelle. Nom donné autrefois à la peste par exemple.
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 malemort
- malemorts plural
- male mort
- male-mort
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malemort?
- /mal.mɔʁ/
- \mal.mɔʁ\
- [mal.mɔʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malemort in French?
malemort appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).