mourir de faim
\mu.ʁiʁ də fɛ̃\
The verdict
“mourir de faim” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mourir d’inanition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mourir-de-faim · mourir de faim · French
mourir de faim · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mourir de faim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mu.ʁiʁ də fɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mourir de faim » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mourir de faim is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mu.ʁiʁ də fɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mourir de faim in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mourir de faim, spelled M-O-U-R-I-R- -D-E- -F-A-I-M.
Definition
- 1Mourir d’inanition.
- 2Être affamé, avoir très faim.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mourir de faim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 2003, la faim constituait la première cause de mortalité dans le monde, 24000 personnes mouraient de faim chaque jour.
Il fera certainement de bons ouvrages, moyennant quoi il mourra de faim, sera honni et persécuté ; mais il faut que chacun remplisse sa destinée.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.