défunt
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French defun(c)t, from Old French defunz (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin (de vita) defunctus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdéfunt (feminine défunte, masculine plural défunts, feminine plural défuntes)
- (formal) (of a person) late, deceased
- (formal) (of a place, era etc.) which is dead and gone, bygone
- (literary) defunct
Noun
editdéfunt m (plural défunts)
Further reading
edit- “défunt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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