mouroir
French, noun\mu.ʁwaʁ\
mouroir is spelled M-O-U-R-O-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mouroir is a French masculine noun meaning “a place to die; a place (e.g. a hospital or nursing home) of such poor quality that it only serves as a place to die” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où les gens meurent”.
What does mouroir mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinea place to die; a place (e.g. a hospital or nursing home) of such poor quality that it only serves as a place to die
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où les gens meurent. 2. Institution (hôpital, résidence pour personnes âgées, etc.) de si basse qualité qu'elle ne sert qu'à y mourir. 3. Service ou unité d’une grande entreprise qui concentre des personnels en fin de carrière.
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 mouroir
- mouroirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouroir?
- \mu.ʁwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mouroir in French?
mouroir appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).