mortel

From Middle Dutch mortel, dissimilation from older morter, from Latin mortārium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.təl/

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• Hyphenation: mor‧tel
• Rhymes: -ɔrtəl
• Homophone: Mortel

mortel m or n (plural mortels)

1. mortar (mixture based on cement or lime)

   Synonyms: metselspecie, specie

• Negerhollands: mortel
• → Indonesian: mortél

From Old French mortel, from Latin mortālis.

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mortel (feminine mortelle, masculine plural mortels, feminine plural mortelles)

1. mortal
2. deadly
3. (colloquial) wicked; cool; ace

mortel m (plural mortels, feminine mortelle)

1. human, mortal

• commun des mortels

• “mortel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French, from Latin mortālis.

mortel

1. mortal (clarification of this definition is needed)

Latin mortālis.

mortel m (feminine singular mortelle, masculine plural mortels, feminine plural mortelles)

1. mortal; fatal; killer
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 57:

     si ay molt grant paour qu'il ne soit navré de playes mortelles

     then I'm very afraid that he's been wounded with fatal wounds

Latin mortālis.

mortel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mortele)

1. mortal; fatal; killer
2. mortal (capable of dying)
   • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 92:

     Si diable seust que Dés hom mortel fust

     If the Devil knew that God made man mortal

mortel c

1. a mortar (for crushing with a pestle)

• mortelstöt (“pestle”)

• mortla

• mortel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mortel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mortel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)