moral

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See also: Moral, morál, and morâl

English

Etymology

From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”) (first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”).

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Adjective

moral (comparative more moral, superlative most moral)

  1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
    moral judgments;  a moral poem
    a moral obligation
  2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
    a moral action
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
  3. Capable of right and wrong action.
    a moral agent
  4. Probable but not proved.
    a moral certainty
  5. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
    a moral victory;  moral support

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Noun

moral (plural morals)

  1. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
    The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.
    • 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration (printed in Edinburgh Review, January 1841)
      We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
    a candidate with strong morals
  3. (obsolete) A morality play.
  4. (slang, dated) A moral certainty.
  5. (slang, dated) An exact counterpart.

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Verb

moral (third-person singular simple present morals, present participle moraling or moralling, simple past and past participle moraled or moralled)

  1. (intransitive) To moralize.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōrālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

moral m or f (masculine and feminine plural morals)

  1. moral (relating to right and wrong)
  2. moral (conforming to a standard of right behaviour)
    Antonyms: immoral, amoral

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Noun

moral f (plural morals)

  1. morals
  2. morale

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Danish

Etymology

Loan from French morale via German Moral

Noun

moral c

  1. morale, motivation (capacity to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)
  2. moral, moral practices, conduct
    streng, victoriansk moral
    strict, Victorian moral
  3. a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)
    Synonym: morale

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French moral, from Old French moral, borrowed from Latin morālis.

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Noun

moral m (plural moraux)

  1. morale, optimism

Adjective

moral (feminine morale, masculine plural moraux, feminine plural morales)

  1. moral

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin mōrālis.

Adjective

moral m or f (plural morais)

  1. moral (relating to right and wrong)
  2. moral (conforming to a standard of right behaviour)
    Antonyms: inmoral, amoral

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Noun

moral f (plural morais)

  1. moral (moral practices or teachings)
  2. morale

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Indonesian

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Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch moraal (“moral”), from Middle French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.ral/
  • Rhymes: -ral
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ral

Noun

moral (first-person possessive moralku, second-person possessive moralmu, third-person possessive moralnya)

  1. moral

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Ladin

Adjective

moral m (feminine singular morala, masculine plural morai, feminine plural morales)

  1. moral

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mōrālis.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

moral m or f (plural morais)

  1. moral

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Noun

moral f (plural morais)

  1. a set of moral values, (collectively) principles, morality;
  2. moral philosophy;
  3. (informal) authority, capacity or right to impose on or influence another;
    1. balls (boldness), attitude of authority;
    2. right to have a say on a matter, to judge someone etc., moral high ground;

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Noun

moral m (plural morais)

  1. morale

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin moralis or French moral.

Adjective

moral m or n (feminine singular morală, masculine plural morali, feminine and neuter plural morale)

  1. moral

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Declension of moral
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite moral morală morali morale
definite moralul morala moralii moralele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite moral morale morali morale
definite moralului moralei moralilor moralelor

Noun

moral n (plural morale)

  1. morale, optimism

Declension

Declension of moral
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) moral moralul (niște) morale moralele
genitive/dative (unui) moral moralului (unor) morale moralelor
vocative moralule moralelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǒraːl/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ral

Noun

mòrāl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀ра̄л)

  1. (uncountable) moral

Declension

Declension of moral
singular
nominative mòrāl
genitive morála
dative moralu
accusative moral
vocative moralu
locative moralu
instrumental moralom

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mo‧ral

Etymology 1

From Latin mōrālis.

Adjective

moral m or f (masculine and feminine plural morales)

  1. moral (relating to right and wrong)
  2. moral (conforming to a standard of right behaviour)
    Antonyms: inmoral, amoral
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Noun

moral f (plural morales)

  1. morals, standard (modes of conduct)
  2. morale (the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)
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Etymology 2

From mora +‎ -al.

Noun

moral m (plural morales)

  1. mulberry tree

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Swedish

Etymology

Loan from French morale via German Moral, used in Swedish in Then Swänska Argus (1730s).

Pronunciation

Noun

moral c

  1. morality
    Antonym: omoral (“immorality”)
    etik och moral
    ethics and morality
  2. morals
    De saknar helt moral
    They completely lack morals
  3. morale
    truppernas låga moral
    the low morale of the troops
  4. a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)
    Synonym: (more idiomatic) sensmoral

Declension

Declension of moral 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative moral moralen moraler moralerna
Genitive morals moralens moralers moralernas

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish moral.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈɾal/,
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ral

Adjective

morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. moral

Noun

morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. morals

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References

  • “moral”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French morale.

Pronunciation

Noun

moral (definite accusative morali, plural moraller)

  1. morale, good spirits
    Bu başarı morallerini yükseltti. ― This success boosted their morale.
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