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mor·tal

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–adjective

1.	subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.

2.	of or pertaining to human beings as subject to death; human: this mortal life.

3.	belonging to this world.

4.	deadly or implacable; relentless: a mortal enemy.

5.	severe, dire, grievous, or bitter: in mortal fear.

6.	causing or liable to cause death; fatal: a mortal wound.

7.	to the death: mortal combat.

8.	of or pertaining to death: the mortal hour.

9.	involving spiritual death (opposed to venial): mortal sin.

10.	long and wearisome.

11.	extreme; very great: in a mortal hurry.

12.	conceivable; possible: of no mortal value to the owners.

–noun

13.	a human being.

14.	the condition of being subject to death.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME < L mortālis, equiv. to mort- (s. of mors) death + -ālis -al¹

]

—Related forms

mor·tal·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 6. See fatal.

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mor·tal Audio Help (môr'tl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Liable or subject to death.
Of or relating to humankind; human: the mortal limits of understanding.
Of, relating to, or accompanying death: mortal throes.
Causing death; fatal: a mortal wound. See Synonyms at fatal.
Fighting or fought to the death; unrelenting: a mortal enemy; a mortal attack.
Of great intensity or severity; dire: mortal terror.
Conceivable: no mortal reason for us to go.
Used as an intensive: a mortal fool.

n. A human.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mortālis, from mors, mort-, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

mor'tal·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mortal (adj.)

c.1368, "deadly," also "doomed to die" (c.1374), from O.Fr. mortel "destined to die," from L. mortalis "subject to death," from mors (gen. mortis) "death," from PIE base *mor-/*mr- "die" (cf. Skt. mrtih "death," Avestan miryeite "dies," O.Pers. martiya- "man," Lith. mirtis "mortal man," Gk. ambrotos "immortal," O.C.S. mrutvu "dead," O.Ir. marb, Welsh marw "died," O.E. morþ "murder"). The noun meaning "mortal thing or substance" is first recorded 1526. Mortality "condition of being mortal" is attested from 1340. In the sense of "loss of life on a large scale" it is from c.1400; as "number of deaths in a given period" it is first recorded 1645.

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mortal
adjective
1.	subject to death; "mortal beings" [ant: immortal]
2.	involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" [syn: deadly]
3.	unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy"
4.	causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [syn: deadly]
noun
1.	a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" [syn: person]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mortal1 [ˈmoːtl] adjective

liable to die; unable to live for ever
Example: Man is mortal.

Arabic:	فانٍ، زائِل
Chinese (Simplified):	终有一死的, 必死的
Chinese (Traditional):	終有一死的, 必死的
Czech:	smrtelný
Danish:	dødelig
Dutch:	srefelijk
Estonian:	surelik
Finnish:	kuolevainen
French:	mortel
German:	sterblich
Greek:	θνητός
Hungarian:	halandó
Icelandic:	dauðlegur
Indonesian:	fana
Italian:	mortale

Japanese:	死すべき
Korean:	죽음을 면할 수 없는
Latvian:	mirstīgs
Lithuanian:	mirtingas
Norwegian:	som kan dø, dødelig
Polish:	śmiertelny
Portuguese (Brazil):	mortal
Portuguese (Portugal):	mortal
Romanian:	muritor
Russian:	смертный
Slovak:	smrteľný
Slovenian:	smrten
Spanish:	mortal
Swedish:	dödlig
Turkish:	ölümlü

mortal2 [ˈmoːtl] adjective

of or causing death
Example: a mortal illness; mortal enemies (= enemies willing to fight each other till death); mortal combat

Arabic:	مُميت، قاتِل
Chinese (Simplified):	致命的
Chinese (Traditional):	致命的
Czech:	smrtelný; na život a na smrt
Danish:	dødelig
Dutch:	dodelijk, doods-
Estonian:	surma-
Finnish:	kuolettava
French:	mortel
German:	tödlich
Greek:	θανατηφόρος, θανάσιμος
Hungarian:	halálos
Icelandic:	banvænn
Indonesian:	mematikan
Italian:	mortale

Japanese:	死にいたる
Korean:	죽을, 불구대천의, 필사적인
Latvian:	nāvīgs; nāvējošs
Lithuanian:	mirtinas, žūtbūtinis
Norwegian:	dødelig, døds-; på liv og død
Polish:	śmiertelny
Portuguese (Brazil):	mortal
Portuguese (Portugal):	mortal
Romanian:	mortal; de moarte; pe viaţă şi pe moarte
Russian:	смертельный
Slovak:	smrteľný; na život a na smrť
Slovenian:	smrten
Spanish:	mortal
Swedish:	dödlig, döds-
Turkish:	öldürücü

mortal [ˈmoːtl] noun

a human being
Example: All mortals must die sometime.

Arabic:	إنْسان، مَخْلوق بَشَري
Chinese (Simplified):	凡人
Chinese (Traditional):	凡人
Czech:	smrtelník, -ice
Danish:	dødelig
Dutch:	sterveling
Estonian:	surelik
Finnish:	kuolevainen
French:	mortel, *-elle
German:	der, *die Sterbliche
Greek:	θνητός
Hungarian:	ember
Icelandic:	manneskja, dauðleg vera
Indonesian:	manusia
Italian:	mortale

Japanese:	人間
Korean:	인간
Latvian:	mirstīgais
Lithuanian:	mirtingasis, žmogus
Norwegian:	(dødelig) menneske, (levende) sjel
Polish:	śmiertelnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	mortal
Portuguese (Portugal):	mortal
Romanian:	muritor
Russian:	смертный
Slovak:	smrteľník, -čka
Slovenian:	smrtnik
Spanish:	mortal
Swedish:	dödlig
Turkish:	insan

See also: mortally, mortality, mortal sin

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

mor·tal (môrtl)
adj.

Liable or subject to death.
Causing death; fatal.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: mor·tal
Pronunciation: 'mort-^&l
Function: adjective
1 : having caused or being about to cause death : FATAL <a mortal injury>
2 : of, relating to, or connected with death <mortal agony>

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mortal

Im*mor"tal\, a. [L. immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf. F. immortel. See Mortal, and cf. Immortelle.]

1. Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance.

Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. --1 Tim. i. 17.

For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself? --Shak.

2. Connected with, or pertaining to immortability.

I have immortal longings in me. --Shak.

3. Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame.

One of the few, immortal names, That were not born yo die. --Halleck.

4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] --Hayward.

Immortal flowers, imortelles; everlastings.

Syn: Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mortal

Mere\, n. [Written also mar.] [OE. mere, AS. mere mere, sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that which is dead, a waste. Cf. Mortal, Marine, Marsh, Mermaid, Moor.] A pool or lake. --Drayton. Tennyson.

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