nature morte

English

a nature morte

Etymology

Borrowed from French nature morte (literally “dead nature”).

Noun

nature morte (plural natures mortes)

1. An image depicting inanimate objects; a still life.

See also

• Article on nature morte in the French Wikipedia

French

FWOTD – 30 August 2020

Etymology

Literally, “dead nature”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.tyʁ mɔʁt/

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Noun

nature morte f (plural natures mortes)

1. still life (work of art)
   • 2007, Nathalia Brodskaïa, Le Post-Impressionnisme, Parkstone, page 44:

     Paul exposa des toiles propres aux genres qu’il affectionnait tout particulièrement à cette période : des paysages, des portraits, des natures mortes et des baigneurs.

     Paul exhibited paintings belonging to the genres of which he was particularly fond during that period: landscapes, portraits, still lifes and bathers.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: natürmort
• → Bulgarian: натюрмо́рт (natjurmórt)
• → Catalan: natura morta (calque)
• → English: nature morte
• → Estonian: natüürmort
• → Georgian: ნატურმორტი (naṭurmorṭi)
• → Russian: натюрмо́рт (natjurmórt)
  • → Armenian: նատյուրմորտ (natyurmort)
  • → Bashkir: натюрморт (natyurmort)
  • → Georgian: ნატურმორტი (naṭurmorṭi)
  • → Kazakh: натюрморт (natürmort)
  • → Kyrgyz: натюрморт (natyurmort)
  • → Mongolian: натюрморт (natjurmort)
  • → Ukrainian: натюрмо́рт (natjurmórt)
  • → Uzbek: natyurmort
• → Turkish: natürmort

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tourmentera

Italian

Noun

nature morte f

1. plural of natura morta