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décédé

deceased, dead

adjective deh-seh-DEH Rare

Usage Note

Décédé is a formal, administrative term for 'deceased', used in official documents, obituaries, and polite speech. The verb is décéder. In informal speech, mort is more common. The noun is décès (death, used on death certificates: acte de décès).

Examples

"Son père est décédé l'année dernière."

Natural Translation

His father passed away last year.

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