homme-mort
French
noun
Definitions
- dead man's switch
Etymology
Compound from French homme (man) + French mort (death, dead).
Origin
French
mort
Gloss
death, dead
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
死
Emoji
☠️ ⚰️ ⚱️ 💀
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- human English
- mort English
- mortpay English
- morte Italian
- uomo Italian
- gentilhomme French
- hommasse French
- homme French
- hommelet French
- mort French
- mortinaissance French
- prud'homme French
- trompe-la-mort French
- *mer- Proto-Indo-European
- mort Old French
- morto Esperanto
- homme Middle French
- n'homme Louisiana Creole French
- nomme Louisiana Creole French