meurtre

French

Etymology

From Middle French meurtre (“murder”) from Old French murtre, mordre (“murder”) (compare Medieval Latin murdrum (“murder”)), both from Frankish *murþar (“murder”) from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder, killing, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrtro- (“murder, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).

Akin to Old High German mord (“murder”) (German Mord), Old High German murdren (“to kill, murder”) (German mördern (“to murder”)), Old English morþor (“death, murder”), Old English myrþrian (“to murder”). More at murder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœʁtʁ/

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Noun

meurtre m (plural meurtres)

1. murder

Related terms

• au meurtre !
• meurtrier
• meurtrir

Further reading

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

Middle French

Noun

meurtre m (plural meurtres)

1. murder (deliberate killing)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French murtre, mordre (“murder”), from Frankish *murþar (“murder”) from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder, killing, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrtro- (“murder, death”), from *mer-, *mor-, *mr- (“to die”).

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Noun

meurtre m (plural meurtres)

1. (Jersey) murder
   • 2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 32:

     I' s'confêssit et fut exétchuté pouor lé meurtre du Seigneu d'Hambye

     He confessed and was executed for the murder of the Lord of Hambye