mortel, n.m., -le, n.f., mortal.

mortellement (-tèl-mān), adv., mortally, deadly, grievously, dreadfully.

mortellerie, n.f., stone-breaking.

mortellier, n.m., stone-breaker.

mortier (-tié), n.m., (artil., mas.) mortar; mortier (cap of the president of a court of justice); mortar (vessel). Président à —; chief justice.

mortifère, adj., mortiferous, deadly.

mortifiant, -e, adj., mortifying, humiliating.

mortification, n.f., mortification, humiliation.

mortifier, v.a., to mortify, to vex, to humiliate, to humble, to subdue. — de la viande; to make meat tender.

se mortifier, v.r., to mortify one’s self; to grow tender (of meat).