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).