mourons

Mourons is the first-person plural present indicative of the French verb mourir, meaning to die. As with other forms of mourir, mourons expresses a current or imminent action with nous as the subject; the standard translation is "we die" or "we are dying." The verb mourir is irregular; its present tense forms are: je meurs, tu meurs, il meurt, nous mourons, vous mourez, ils meurent.

The form mourons thus follows the normal -ons ending for nous in many conjugations, but it comes from an irregular pattern that differs from regular -ir verbs.

In usage, mourons appears in literal statements about death as well as in metaphorical expressions (for example, "Nous mourons de faim" = "We are dying of hunger"). It is common in written and spoken French, though more frequent in literary contexts due to its stark imagery.

The form can also appear in hortative or emphatic phrases in poetry or historical texts, such as "Mourons ensemble" ("Let us die together"), though this is relatively rare in everyday speech.

Related forms include other present-tense conjugations (meurs, meurt, mourez, meurent) and the infinitive mourir; the verb belongs to an irregular conjugation class in French. The etymology traces to Latin mori, morior, with Old French forms contributing to its current spelling.

See also: mourir; death in literature; French irregular verbs; French verb conjugation.