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mettre à mort

French, verb/mɛ.tʁ‿a mɔʁ/

mettre à mort is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E-À-M-O-R-T (11 letters). Mettre à mort is a French verb meaning “to put to death, to execute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exécuter, tuer de sang-froid”.

What does mettre à mort mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to put to death, to execute

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Exécuter, tuer de sang-froid.

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.

How do you pronounce mettre à mort?

  • /mɛ.tʁ‿a mɔʁ/
  • /me.tʁ‿a mɔʁ/
  • \mɛ.tʁ‿a mɔʁ\

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

English words that translate to mettre à mort

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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