moribund

English

WOTD – 28 October 2007

Etymology

From French moribond, from Latin moribundus (“dying”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/

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• Hyphenation: mor‧i‧bund

Adjective

moribund (not comparable)

1. Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
2. Almost obsolete, nearing an end.

Derived terms

• moribundity
• moribundly
• moribundness

Translations

approaching death

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 垂死 (zh) (chuísǐ), 腐朽 (zh) (fǔxiǔ), 瀕死 (zh), 濒死 (zh) (bīnsǐ)

• Finnish: kuoleva (fi)
• French: moribond (fr), mourant (fr)
• German: moribund (de), todgeweiht (de)
• Greek: ετοιμοθάνατος (el) m (etoimothánatos)
• Icelandic: dauðvona (is) m, (to be moribund) liggja fyrir dauðanum, að dauða kominn m
• Irish: díbheo
• Italian: moribondo (it), morente

• Japanese: 瀕死の (ja) (ひんしの, hinshi-no), 死にかけている (shi-ni kakete iru)
• Malay: nazak
• Norwegian: døende (no)
• Polish: umierający m, konający m
• Portuguese: moribundo (pt) m, morrediço, morrente
• Russian: умира́ющий (ru) (umirájuščij), агони́рующий (agonírujuščij), загнива́ющий (ru) (zagnivájuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: moribundan, umirući (sh), samrtnički (sh), agonalni
• Spanish: moribundo, mortecino
• Swedish: döende (sv)

almost obsolete

• Finnish: poistuva (fi), loppuva (fi), katoava (fi)
• Hungarian: kihalófélben lévő

• Russian: устарева́ющий (ru) (ustarevájuščij), выходя́щий из употребле́ния (vyxodjáščij iz upotreblénija)
• Swedish: utdöende

Noun

moribund (plural moribunds)

1. A person who is near to dying.

Anagrams

• unmorbid