how to pronounce mourir

/mu.ʁiʁ/

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mourir is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of mourir in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… sont en train de mourir d' asphyxie …”

meanings of mourir

verb:

To be dying (of).
To die; to be dying.

mourir frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word mourir occurs in french on average 59.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.