défunt

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (de vita) defunctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.fœ̃/

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Adjective

défunt (feminine défunte, masculine plural défunts, feminine plural défuntes)

1. (formal) (of a person) late, deceased
2. (formal) (of a place, era etc.) which is dead and gone, bygone
3. (literary) defunct

Noun

défunt m (plural défunts)

1. (formal) deceased

Further reading

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