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to die
to pass away
Il a peur de mourir dans un accident de voiture.
He is afraid of dying in a car accident.
to be dying of (hunger, thirst, boredom, etc.) — used as an intensifier
to be eager to / to long for (used in constructions like 'mourir d'envie de' or 'mourir de faire')
Je meurs de faim, on mange quand ?
I'm starving — when are we eating?
Notes
GENERAL INFO
Mourir is an irregular French verb meaning "to die."
USAGE
It commonly appears with the preposition "de" to specify the cause of death (e.g., "mourir de faim" - to die of hunger). In compound tenses, mourir uses the auxiliary verb "être" (e.g., "Il est mort" - He died).
TRAPS
A frequent error is using "avoir" instead of "être" in compound tenses (e.g., "Il *a* mort" is incorrect). The past participle "mort" must also agree in gender and number with the subject when used with "être" (e.g., "Elle est morte," "Ils sont morts").