il mourut

died

→ mourir

mour die + ut 3rd person singular past historic

verb · third singular · past indicative Uncommon #17,697

died Passé simple (literary past tense), mostly used in writing; in everyday speech you usually see/hear « est mort(e) ».

FR: Il mourut pendant la nuit.

EN: He died during the night.

Conjugation of mourir

mourir

Indicative past

	Singular	Plural
Third	mourut	moururent

Grand-père mourut onze ans avant grand-mère.

Grandfather died eleven years before grandmother.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Elle tomba gravement malade et mourut l'année suivante.

She fell seriously ill and died the following year.

— Souvenirs de Marnie (2014)

Il ne mourut pas.

He did not die.

— Tigre & Dragon (2000)

Jules César mourut de dysenterie.

Julius Caesar died of dysentery.

Tous les efforts du docteur furent vains et l'homme mourut rapidement.

All the doctor's efforts were in vain, and the man quickly died.

Le père de Tom mourut soudainement et Tom devint son successeur.

Tom's father died suddenly, and Tom became his successor.

Il prit soin de sa mère après que son père mourut.

He took care of his mother after his father died.

Tom mourut chez lui.

Tom died at home.

Elle mourut de la tuberculose.

She died of tuberculosis.

Ziri mourut.

Ziri died.

La mère de Cookie mourut d'un cancer.

Cookie’s mother died of cancer.

Je pensais à ma mère qui mourut soudainement.

I thought about my mother who died suddenly.

Personne ne mourut.

No one died.

Son père mourut, et pour aggraver les choses, sa mère tomba malade.

His father died, and to make matters worse, his mother fell ill.

Son fils mourut d'un cancer alors qu'il n'était encore qu'un enfant.

Her son died of cancer when he was still just a child.

Elle est la fille d'un général de Zhao qui mourut en combattant les Qin.

She is the daughter of a Zhao general who died fighting the Qin.

— Hero (2002)

Il naquit pauvre, mais mourut millionnaire.

He was born poor, but died a millionaire.

Tom mourut de la tuberculose.

Tom died of tuberculosis.

Elle mourut par une froide nuit de décembre.

She died on a cold December night.

Madame Markos mourut dans un incendie.

Mrs. Markos died in a fire.

— Suspiria (1977)

La princesse mourut des suites de l'accouchement.

The princess died from complications following childbirth.

— La grande bellezza (2013)

Elle mourut une semaine plus tard.

She died a week later.