mourant
French, noun/mu.ʁɑ̃/
mourant is spelled M-O-U-R-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mourant is a French masculine noun meaning “person who is dying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of mourir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui se meurt”.
What does mourant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dying
- 2
in agony
noun
- 1
masculineperson who is dying
verb
- 1
present participle of mourir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se meurt. 2. Languissant.
noun: 1. Celui qui se meurt.
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 mourant
- mourante feminine
- mourants masculine plural
- mourantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mourant?
- /mu.ʁɑ̃/
- \mu.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mourant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mourant in French?
mourant appears 3.3 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).