mortal
n. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈmɔɹtəɫ// UK //mˈɔːtəl// mor·tal
n. unable to live forever. You use this to describe humans because, unlike gods or machines, we eventually die.
n. subject to death; having a finite lifespan. Often used in contrast to divine or eternal beings.
All humans are mortal.
The hero of the story realizes he is mortal after a dangerous encounter with a wild animal.
While the philosopher's ideas achieved a kind of immortality, his mortal body eventually succumbed to the passage of time like any other.
From Middle English mortal, mortel, from Old French mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). In this sense, displaced native deadly, from Old English dēadlīċ.
Usage
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun or as a predicative adjective after a linking verb.