No. 10,687 in French

mortels

"Mortels" means "mortals" or "deadly" in English, depending on context.

In a sentence

Les mortels doivent respecter les lois de la nature.
Mortals must respect the laws of nature.
In this sentence, 'mortels' refers to humans, emphasizing their mortality and being subject to natural laws.
Ses actions ont des conséquences mortelles.
His actions have deadly consequences.
Here, 'mortelles' modifies 'conséquences', describing their ability to cause death, using the feminine plural form of the adjective.
Même les dieux ne sont pas éternels, mais les mortels sont limités dans le temps.
Even gods are not eternal, but mortals are limited in time.
In this example, 'mortels' again refers to humans, contrasting them with gods in terms of their temporal existence and highlighting the finite nature of their mortal lives.

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