Grammatical class

Adverb

mortellement

fatally, lethally, mortally (to the death)

Details

Syllables

mor-tel-le-ment

Phonetics

mɔʁ.tɛ.lə.mɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

12741

Freq. (movies)

11484

Freq. (news)

11712

Sentences

Il a été mortellement blessé.

He was mortally wounded.

B1

Un éléphant blessé mortellement est devenu fou et s'est mis à attaquer tout ce qui bouge sur son passage.

A critically wounded elephant went berserk and attacked every living thing in his path.

B1

Mortellement blessé

Fatally injured, mortally wounded

B2

Il était mortellement gelé.

He was frozen to death.

B2

Tom n'a pas été mortellement blessé.

Tom wasn't fatally injured.

B2