mourir

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Middle French, from Old French morir, from Latin morior

mourir

(intransitive) to die; to be dying
(figuratively, with "de") to be dying

Je meurs de faim - I'm dying of hunger

Conjugation of mourir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mourir			être mort
gerund		en mourant			en étant mort
present participle		mourant
past participle		mort
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	meurs	meurs	meurt	mourons	mourez	meurent
	imperfect	mourais	mourais	mourait	mourions	mouriez	mouraient
	past historic¹	mourus	mourus	mourut	mourûmes	mourûtes	moururent
	future	mourrai	mourras	mourra	mourrons	mourrez	mourront
	conditional	mourrais	mourrais	mourrait	mourrions	mourriez	mourraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	meure	meures	meure	mourions	mouriez	meurent
simple tenses	imperfect¹	mourusse	mourusses	mourût	mourussions	mourussiez	mourussent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	meurs	—	mourons	mourez	—
¹literary tenses

Old French morir, from Latin morior

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