mortel
French, noun/mɔʁ.tɛl/
mortel is spelled M-O-R-T-E-L (6 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mortel is a French masculine noun meaning “human, mortal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être humain comme sujet à la mort, par opposition au Dieu, aux immortels”.
What does mortel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mortal
- 2
deadly
- 3
colloquialwicked; cool; ace
noun
- 1
masculinehuman, mortal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sujet à la mort, par opposition à l’immortalité ou à la divinité. 2. Qui cause la mort ; qui paraît devoir la causer. 3. Qualifie une émotion très vive, très forte. 4. Qualifie un ennemi que l’on hait profondément, et le sentiment de haine que l’on a à son encontre.
noun: 1. Être humain comme sujet à la mort, par opposition au Dieu, aux immortels. 2. L’espèce humaine, l’humanité.
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 mortel
- mortelle feminine
- mortels masculine plural
- mortelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mortel?
- /mɔʁ.tɛl/
- \mɔʁ.tɛl\
- [mɔʁ.tɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mortel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mortel in French?
mortel appears 8.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).