adjective/de.fœ̃/
(of a person) late, deceased; (of a place, era etc.) which is dead and gone, bygone; defunct
“Le corps de la défunte grande cheffe de l’Assemblée des chefs du Manitoba, Cathy Merrick, reposera au Palais législatif du Manitoba durant une chapelle ardente, mercredi.” — The body of the late Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Cathy Merrick, will lie in repose Wednesday at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Synonyms: décédé, disparu, mort, regretté, feu, révolu, d'autrefois
Inherited from Middle French defun(c)t, from Old French defunz (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin (de vita) defunctus.