death in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for death in the English»French Dictionary

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death [Brit dɛθ, Am dɛθ] N

death (of person)
mort f
death (of person)
décès m
death (of animal)
mort f
death (of hopes, plans, dreams, civilization, democracy) fig
anéantissement m
at (the time of) his death
à sa mort
a death in the family
un décès dans la famille
death by hanging/drowning
mort par pendaison/noyade
to starve/freeze to death
mourir de faim/de froid
to burn to death
mourir carbonisé
to put sb to death
exécuter qn
to sentence sb to death LAW
condamner qn à mort
death to the king!
mort au roi!
a fight to the death
un combat à mort
they fought to the death
ils se sont battus à mort
to drink oneself to death
se tuer en buvant
to work oneself to death
se tuer au travail or à la tâche
she's working herself to death!
elle se tue au travail!
she fell to her death
elle s'est tuée en tombant
she jumped to her death
elle s'est tuée en sautant dans le vide
he met his death in a skiing accident
il a trouvé la mort dans un accident de ski
to come close to death
friser la mort
he remains a controversial figure in death as in life
il reste un personnage controversé aussi bien mort que vivant
to die a violent death
mourir de mort violente
to do sb to death
assassiner qn
that excuse/joke has been done to death fig
cette excuse/blague est éculée or est vieille comme le monde
that play has been done to death
cette pièce a été jouée tant de fois qu'on finit par s'en lasser
they were united in death
ils ont été unis dans la mort
till death do us part
jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare
‘Deaths’ JOURN
‘Rubrique Nécrologique’
a fall would mean or spell death
une chute serait fatale
this means or spells the death of the old industries
cela va être la mort des vieilles industries
to die a or the death fashion:
disparaître complètement
to die a or the death entertainer, play:
faire un bide inf
he died the death
il aurait voulu rentrer sous terre
those children will be the death of me!
ces enfants me tueront!
that thesis/car will be the death of her!
cette thèse/voiture la tuera!
don't tell him, it will be the death of him
ne le lui dis pas, ça l'achèvera
it's a matter of life or death
c'est une question de vie ou de mort
to look like death warmed up
avoir l'air d'un cadavre ambulant
I feel like death (warmed up)!
je ne me sens pas bien du tout!
to be at death's door
être à (l'article de) la mort
to be worried to death inf
se ronger les sangs (about au sujet de)
to be frightened to death inf
être mort de peur
to frighten or scare sb to death
faire une peur bleue à qn inf
to be bored to death inf
s'ennuyer à mourir
I'm sick or tired to death inf of this! inf
j'en ai par-dessus la tête!, j'en ai ras le bol! inf
you'll catch your death (of cold) inf
tu vas crever or mourir de froid

See also thousand

I.thousand [Brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, Am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd] N (figure)

III.thousand [Brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, Am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd] ADJ

IV.thousand [Brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, Am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd]

death in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for death in the English»French Dictionary

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death tax → death duties

See also death duties

death Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be at the point of death
être à l'article de la mort
to be the kiss of death to sth
porter le coup fatal à qc
to put sb to bed/to death
mettre qn au lit/à mort
to hang on like grim death person
se cramponner de toutes ses forces
to have a brush with death
frôler la mort
to be worried to death about sb/sth
être mort d'inquiétude pour qn/qc
to catch one's death (of cold)
attraper la mort
death has stolen away our child
la mort nous a ravi notre enfant
to look like death warmed up Brit
avoir une mine de papier mâché
to look like death warmed over Am
avoir une mine de papier mâché
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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In addition, they think a great deal about the afterlife, which makes sense considering that they constantly face death in the line of duty.
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Before his death in 1994, of sudden cardiac arrest, he had become an icon of scholarship, honesty and moral uprightness.
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The rest of us are sick to death of your prudish ridiculous demands.
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For he, drawing you out of nonbeing into life, will bring on death, and will make you rise up to him.
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Under that rule, the perpetrator of any (civil or criminal) illegality were held responsible for manslaughter for any death they caused.
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He also started taking bassoon lessons, but soon gave those up after almost choking to death on one of its reeds.
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He tells her the story of how he ended up on death row, revealed to the movie audience through a series of lengthy flashbacks.
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Max took time off from the show after his brother's death (see below).
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Death is connected with armor and the inhuman-like steel.
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His falling body struck a metal garden picket fence, causing his death.
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