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6-letter words (1 found)

MORTAL,

5-letter words (8 found)

AMORT,MATLO,MOLAR,MORAL,MORAT,ROMAL,ROTAL,TOLAR,

4-letter words (23 found)

ALTO,ATOM,LOAM,LOMA,LOTA,MALT,MARL,MART,MOAT,MOLA,MOLT,MORA,MORT,ORAL,RATO,ROAM,ROMA,ROTA,ROTL,TARO,TOLA,TORA,TRAM,

3-letter words (30 found)

ALT,ARM,ART,LAM,LAR,LAT,LOR,LOT,MAL,MAR,MAT,MOA,MOL,MOR,MOT,OAR,OAT,OLM,OMA,ORA,ORT,RAM,RAT,ROM,ROT,TAM,TAO,TAR,TOM,TOR,

2-letter words (12 found)

AL,AM,AR,AT,LA,LO,MA,MO,OM,OR,TA,TO,

You can make 74 words from mortal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mortal

mortal

Etymology

From Middle English mortal, mortel, from Old French mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). Partly displaced native deadly, from Old English dēadlīċ.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːtəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹtəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl

Adjective

mortal (comparative more mortal, superlative most mortal)

  1. Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. [from 14th c.]
  2. Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). [from 14th c.]
  3. Punishable by death.
  4. Fatally vulnerable.
  5. Of or relating to the time of death.
  6. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
  7. Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal.
  8. Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
    • a. 1832, Walter Scott, To Halbert
  9. (Scotland, Geordie, slang) Very drunk.
    Synonym: mortalled
  10. (religion, of a sin) Causing spiritual death.

Synonyms

  • (causing death): fatal, lethal, baneful

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "susceptible to death"): immortal, everlasting
  • (antonym(s) of "of or relating to death"): natal, vital
  • (antonym(s) of "causing death"): vital
  • (antonym(s) of "causing spiritual death"): venial

Derived terms

  • mortal coil
  • mortal combat
  • mortal remains
  • mortal sin
  • mortalism
  • mortality
  • mortalize
  • mortally
  • mortalness
  • shuffle off this mortal coil

Translations

Noun

mortal (plural mortals)

  1. A human; someone susceptible to death.
    Antonym: immortal

Derived terms

  • lesser mortal
  • mere mortal

Related terms

  • moribund

Translations

Adverb

mortal (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Mortally; enough to cause death.

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɾˈtal/, [moɾˈt̪al]

Adjective

mortal (epicene, plural mortales)

  1. mortal (susceptible to death)
  2. mortal (causing death; deadly; fatal; killing)
  3. deadly (lethal)
    Synonym: mortíferu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mortālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [murˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [morˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [moɾˈtal]

Adjective

mortal m or f (masculine and feminine plural mortals)

  1. mortal
    Antonym: immortal
  2. deadly, lethal

Related terms

  • mortalitat

Noun

mortal m or f by sense (plural mortals)

  1. mortal

Further reading

  • “mortal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “mortal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “mortal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “mortal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moɾˈtal]

Adjective

mortal m or f (plural mortais)

  1. (not comparable) susceptible to death; mortal
    Antonym: inmortal
  2. (comparable) prone to cause death; deadly; lethal; fatal
    Synonym: mortífero

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

mortal m or f by sense (plural mortais)

  1. a mortal, a human (someone susceptible to death)
    Antonym: inmortal

Noun

mortal m or f (plural mortais)

  1. (gymnastics) a somersault
    Synonyms: pinchacarneiro, reviravolta

References

  • “mortal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “mortal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “mortal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “mortal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “mortal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Adjective

mortal (not comparable)

  1. mortal (liable to die)
  2. mortal (causing death)

Related terms

  • mortalitate
  • morte

Italian

Noun

mortal m or f by sense (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of mortale

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /murˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

mortal

  1. mortal
  2. deadly, lethal

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). By surface analysis, morte +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: murtal (Portugal)
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: mor‧tal

Adjective

mortal m or f (plural mortais, comparable, comparative mais mortal, superlative o mais mortal or mortalíssimo)

  1. (not comparable) susceptible to death; mortal
    Antonym: imortal
  2. (comparable) prone to cause death; deadly; lethal; fatal

Derived terms

Related terms

  • mortalidade

Noun

mortal m or f by sense (plural mortais)

  1. a mortal, a human (someone susceptible to death)
    Antonym: imortal
  2. (gymnastics) a somersault

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “mortal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mortalis or Italian mortale. By surface analysis, mort +‎ -al.

Adjective

mortal m or n (feminine singular mortală, masculine plural mortali, feminine and neuter plural mortale)

  1. mortal, deadly

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mortālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɾˈtal/ [moɾˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mor‧tal

Adjective

mortal m or f (masculine and feminine plural mortales)

  1. deadly
  2. mortal
    Antonym: inmortal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “mortal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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