mortelle
French, adjective\mɔʁ.tɛl\
mortelle is spelled M-O-R-T-E-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mortelle is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of mortel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mortelle mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of mortel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme destinée à mourir un jour.
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 mortelle
- mortelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mortelle?
- \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 mortelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mortelle in French?
mortelle appears 5.5 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).