mœurs
See also: moeurs
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /mœʁ/, /mœʁs/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ, -œʁs
- Homophones: meure, meurent, meures, meurs, meurt (without /s/)
Noun edit
mœurs f pl (plural only)
- mores, customs
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of police des mœurs (“vice police”).
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: moeurs
Further reading edit
- “mœurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.