mors
French, noun/mɔʁ/
mors is spelled M-O-R-S (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mors is a French masculine noun meaning “bit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des pièces de fer qui servent à brider un cheval, comme l’embouchure, les branches, la gourmette…”.
What does mors mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des pièces de fer qui servent à brider un cheval, comme l’embouchure, les branches, la gourmette, etc. 2. La pièce qui se place dans la bouche du cheval pour le gouverner. 3. Instrument de torture utilisé par les esclavagistes aux États-Unis sur leurs esclaves noirs. – (Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987) 4. Partie d’un étau ou d’un mandrin enserrant la pièce à tenir.
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 mors?
- /mɔʁ/
- \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 mors
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mors in French?
mors appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).