morir

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan morir, from Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [muˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

morir (first-person singular present moro, first-person singular preterite morí, past participle mort); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to die

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular)

infinitive			morir
gerund			morint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mort		morta
		plural		morts		mortes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	moro	mors	mor	morim	moriu	moren
	imperfect	moria	mories	moria	moríem	moríeu	morien
	future	moriré	moriràs	morirà	morirem	morireu	moriran
	preterite	morí	morires	morí	morírem	moríreu	moriren
	conditional	moriria	moriries	moriria	moriríem	moriríeu	moririen
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mori	moris	mori	morim	moriu	morin
	imperfect	morís	morissis	morís	moríssim	moríssiu	morissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	mor	mori	morim	moriu	morin
	negative (no)	—	no moris	no mori	no morim	no moriu	no morin

Related terms

• mort

Further reading

• “morir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “morir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “morir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “morir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morī(rī).

Verb

morir (ORB, broad)

1. to die

   Antonym: vivre

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morir

		simple			compound
infinitive		morir			étre môrt
gerund		morent			étent môrt
auxiliary verb		étre
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	môrt			[Term?]
	plural	[Term?]			[Term?]
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	môro	môrs	môrt	morens	morids	môront
	imperfect	morien	morias	moriêt	morians	moriâds	moriant
	preterite	mori	moris	morit	morirons	morites, morirâds	moriront
	future	moriré	morirés	morirat	morirens	moriréds	moriront
	conditional	moriren	moririas	morirêt	moririans	moririâds	moririant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of étre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of étre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of étre + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of étre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of étre + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	môro	môres	môre	morans	moriâds	môrant
	imperfect	morissen	morissias	morisse	morissians	morissiâds	morissant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of étre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of étre + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			môrs		morens	morids

References

• mourir in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• morir in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 75: “morire” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 882: “mourir” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mŏrdĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 126

Italian

Verb

morir (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of morire

Ladin

Alternative forms

• morì

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Verb

morir

1. to die

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of morir (fourth conjugation, irregular)

infinitive	morir, morì
auxiliary verb		ester	gerund		—
past participle		mort
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ie	tu	el / ela	nos	vos	ei / eles
present	muere	mueres	muer	morion	morieis	muer
imperfect	morive	morives	moriva	morivan	morivais	moriva
future	moriré	moriras	morirà	moriron	morireis	morirà
subjunctive	che ie	che tu	che el / ela	che nos	che vos	che ei / eles
present	muere	mueres	muere	morion	morieis	muere
imperfect	morisse	morisses	morissa	morissan	morissais	morissa
imperative	–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
	—	muer	—	—	moride	—

Ladino

Verb

morir (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מוריר)

1. Alternative form of murir

Occitan

Alternative forms

• mourir (Mistralian spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan morir, from Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾi/

• Audio:

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Verb

morir

1. to die

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• mort

Old French

Alternative forms

• murir

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morīrī, variant of morī. The sense of "to kill" may have been back-formed from the Latin ancestor's deponent nature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾiɾ/

Verb

morir

1. (intransitive) to die
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     Kar ne se volt laissier murir

     Because he didn't want to let himself die

2. (transitive, rare, takes avoir as an auxiliary) to kill
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     Se l'avés mort il m'en poise forment.

     If you have killed him, it will bother me greatly.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem muer distinct from the unstressed stem mor, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of morir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		morir			estre mort
gerund		en morant			gerund of estre + past participle
present participle		morant
past participle		mort
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	muir	muers	muert	morons	morez	muerent
	imperfect	moroie, moreie	moroies, moreies	moroit, moreit	moriiens, moriens	moriiez, moriez	moroient, moreient
	preterite	morui, mori	morus, moris	moru, mori	morumes, morimes	morustes, moristes	morurent, morirent
	future	morrai	morras	morra	morrons	morroiz, morreiz, morrez	morront
	conditional	morroie, morreie	morroies, morreies	morroit, morreit	morriiens, morriens	morriiez, morriez	morroient, morreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of estre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of estre + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of estre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of estre + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	muire, muere, muerge	muires, mueres, muerges	muire, muere, muerge	morons, muiriens, muirons, muerons, muergiens, muerjons	morez, muiriez, muerez, muergiez	muirent, muerent, muergent
	imperfect	morusse, morisse	morusses, morisses	morust, morist	morussons, morussiens, morissons, morissiens	morussoiz, morussez, morussiez, morissoiz, morissez, morissiez	morussent, morissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	muir	—	morons	morez	—

Related terms

• mort

Descendants

• Middle French: mourir
  • French: mourir
    • Haitian Creole: mouri
    • Louisiana Creole: mouri
• Norman: mouorir (Guernsey), mouothi (Jersey)
• Picard: moérir
• Walloon: mori

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Verb

morir

1. to die

Related terms

• mort

Descendants

• Occitan: morir

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mori”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 132

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• murir

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morīrī, variant of morī. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese morrer, morer and Old French morir, murir.

Verb

morir

1. (intransitive) to die; to pass away (cease living)

   Antonym: bevir

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 54r:

     dixo ẏſaẏas a los menſageros q̃l embio el reẏ ezechias aſſi dizredes al nr̃o ſennor q̃ diz el criador Nõ temas delas menazas q̃ oiſt de los uaſſallos del reẏ de ſur. Afe yo trametre uiẽto ⁊ oyra tal palabra. por q̃stornara aſu tr̃a ⁊ ẏl fara morir aeſpada.

     Isaiah said the messengers sent to him by king Hezekiah, “You will tell our master that thus says the Creator, ‘Do not fear the threats you have heard from the servants of the king of the south. Lo, I will send wind and he will hear a rumor such that he will return to his land, and there he will be made to die by the sword.’”

Descendants

• Ladino: morir, murir, מוריר
• Spanish: morir

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “morir”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 349

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish murir, morir, from Latin morīrī, variant of morī. Cognate with Galician morrer, Ladino murir, and Portuguese morrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾiɾ/ [moˈɾiɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧rir

Verb

morir (first-person singular present muero, first-person singular preterite morí, past participle muerto)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) to die

   Synonyms: estirar la pata, fallecer, morirse, palmar, petatearse

   Antonym: vivir

   La caballerosidad no ha muerto.

   Chivalry is not dead.

Usage notes

• The reflexive form of this verb, morirse, is more colloquial, while the non-reflexive form, morir, is more formal.
• Widely used figuratively, as in English:
  • Me morí del aburrimiento ― I died of boredom
  • Me morí del susto ― I died of fright

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morir (irregular; o-ue-u alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			morir
gerund			muriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		muerto		muerta
		plural		muertos		muertas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	muero	muerestú morísvos	muere	morimos	morís	mueren
	imperfect	moría	morías	moría	moríamos	moríais	morían
	preterite	morí	moriste	murió	morimos	moristeis	murieron
	future	moriré	morirás	morirá	moriremos	moriréis	morirán
	conditional	moriría	morirías	moriría	moriríamos	moriríais	morirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	muera	muerastú murásvos2	muera	muramos	muráis	mueran
	imperfect (ra)	muriera	murieras	muriera	muriéramos	murierais	murieran
	imperfect (se)	muriese	murieses	muriese	muriésemos	murieseis	muriesen
	future1	muriere	murieres	muriere	muriéremos	muriereis	murieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mueretú morívos	muera	muramos	morid	mueran
	negative		no mueras	no muera	no muramos	no muráis	no mueran

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of morir (irregular; o-ue-u alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive morir	dative	morirme	morirte	morirle, morirse	morirnos	moriros	morirles, morirse
	accusative	morirme	morirte	morirlo, morirla, morirse	morirnos	moriros	morirlos, morirlas, morirse
with gerund muriendo	dative	muriéndome	muriéndote	muriéndole, muriéndose	muriéndonos	muriéndoos	muriéndoles, muriéndose
	accusative	muriéndome	muriéndote	muriéndolo, muriéndola, muriéndose	muriéndonos	muriéndoos	muriéndolos, muriéndolas, muriéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative muere	dative	muéreme	muérete	muérele	muérenos	not used	muéreles
	accusative	muéreme	muérete	muérelo, muérela	muérenos	not used	muérelos, muérelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative morí	dative	morime	morite	morile	morinos	not used	moriles
	accusative	morime	morite	morilo, morila	morinos	not used	morilos, morilas
with formal second-person singular imperative muera	dative	muérame	not used	muérale, muérase	muéranos	not used	muérales
	accusative	muérame	not used	muéralo, muérala, muérase	muéranos	not used	muéralos, muéralas
with first-person plural imperative muramos	dative	not used	murámoste	murámosle	murámonos	murámoos	murámosles
	accusative	not used	murámoste	murámoslo, murámosla	murámonos	murámoos	murámoslos, murámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative morid	dative	moridme	not used	moridle	moridnos	moríos	moridles
	accusative	moridme	not used	moridlo, moridla	moridnos	moríos	moridlos, moridlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mueran	dative	muéranme	not used	muéranle	muérannos	not used	muéranles, muéranse
	accusative	muéranme	not used	muéranlo, muéranla	muérannos	not used	muéranlos, muéranlas, muéranse

Derived terms

• bicho malo nunca muere
• de casi no se muere nadie
• el lobo muere lobo
• la esperanza es la última que muere
• morir de hambre
• morir de risa
• morirse de risa
• por la boca muere el pez
• quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere

Related terms

• moribundo
• mortal
• muerte
• muerto

Further reading

• “morir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Venetan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Verb

morir

1. (intransitive) to die

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of morir (third conjugation, irregular past participle)

infinitive	morir
auxiliary verb		èser	gerund		moréndo
past participle		morto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	moriso	(te) morisi	(el/ła) morise	morimo	morì	(i/łe) morise
imperfect	morìa	(te) morivi	(el/ła) morìa	morìvimo	morivi	(i/łe) morìa
future	morirò	(te) morirè	(el/ła) morirà	morirémo	morirè	(i/łe) morirà
conditional	morirìa	(te) moririsi	(el/ła) morirìa	morirìsimo	moririsi	(i/łe) morirìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	morisa	(te) morisi	(el/ła) morisa	morimo	morì	(i/łe) morisa
imperfect	morise	(te) morisi	(el/ła) morise	morisimo	morisi	(i/łe) morise
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) morisi	(el/ła) morisa	morimo	morì	(i/łe) morisa