mourante
French, noun/mu.ʁɑ̃t/
mourante is spelled M-O-U-R-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mourante is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of mourant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of mourant. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui se meurt”.
What does mourante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of mourant
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of mourant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle 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 mourante
- mourantes plural
- mourant masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mourante?
- /mu.ʁɑ̃t/
- \mu.ʁɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mourante in French?
mourante 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).