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mort de chien

mort de chien noun: cholera.

Noun

mort de chien (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Cholera.

Origin of mort de chien

A fanciful French corruption ("mort de chien" = "dog's death") of Portuguese mordexim.

Questions about mort de chien

What does mort de chien mean?
Mort de chien means cholera.
What part of speech is mort de chien?
Mort de chien is a noun.

Words near mort de chien in the dictionary

  1. mort bell
  2. mort bells
  3. mort cloth
  4. mort cloths
  5. mort d'ancestor
  6. mort de chien
  7. mort house
  8. mort houses
  9. mort stone
  10. mort stones
  11. mort wap-apace

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