B2noun
le décès
death (formal, official)
A masculine noun — le in the singular, les in the plural. The singular and plural are spelled the same.
« Le journal a annoncé le décès de l’écrivain. »
“The newspaper announced the writer’s death.”
In other languages
- Spanish fallecimiento
- Portuguese falecimento
- Arabic وفاة (بصيغة رسمية)
- German Todesfall, Ableben (amtlich)
- Italian decesso (formale)
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