mortality C2+ Topic:People & Society US /mɔrˈtæləti/ UK /mɔːˈtæləti/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the condition of being mortal; the death rate within a population The illness brought him face to face with his own mortality. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the condition of being... deathfatalitytransienceperishabilitydeath-rate ↔ Opposites immortalityeternity Word family Related forms mortalmortallymortician Etymology AI details From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās ('the condition of being mortal'), from mortālis ('subject to death'), from mors (genitive mortis, 'death'). mortālitās Latin mortālis Latin mors Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # mortality **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /mɔrˈtæləti/ **IPA (UK):** /mɔːˈtæləti/ ## Meanings 1. the condition of being mortal; the death rate within a population ## Examples - The illness brought him face to face with his own mortality. ## Synonyms - death - fatality - transience - perishability - death-rate ## Antonyms - immortality - eternity ## Related Forms - mortal - mortally - mortician ## Roots and Affixes - Root: mortālitās - Root: mortālis - Root: mors ## Etymology From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās ('the condition of being mortal'), from mortālis ('subject to death'), from mors (genitive mortis, 'death'). ## AI Etymology Mortality comes from Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās ('the condition of being mortal'), from mortālis ('subject to death'), from mors (genitive mortis, 'death'). The historical trail runs through Latin mortālitās, Latin mortālis and Latin mors. In modern use it means the condition of being mortal; the death rate within a population. Related forms include mortal, mortally, mortician. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown