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moral

See also: Moral, morál, and morâl

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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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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.
    • 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.
    a moral action
  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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NounEdit

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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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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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mōrālis.

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AdjectiveEdit

moral (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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NounEdit

moral f (plural morals)

  1. morals
  2. morale

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Loan from French morale via German Moral

NounEdit

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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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French moral, from Old French moral, borrowed from Latin moralis.

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moral m (plural moraux)

  1. morale, optimism

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

  1. moral

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mōrālis.

AdjectiveEdit

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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NounEdit

moral f (plural morais)

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

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

  1. moral

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin mōrālis.

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moral m or f (plural morais)

  1. moral

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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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NounEdit

moral m (plural morais)

  1. morale

Further readingEdit

  • “moral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin moralis or French moral.

AdjectiveEdit

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

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moral n (plural morale)

  1. morale, optimism

DeclensionEdit

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-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

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mòrāl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀ра̄л)

  1. (uncountable) moral

DeclensionEdit

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

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin mōrālis.

AdjectiveEdit

moral (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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NounEdit

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 2Edit

mora +‎ -al

NounEdit

moral m (plural morales)

  1. mulberry tree

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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NounEdit

moral c

  1. morality
    etik och moral
    ethics and morality
    Antonym: omoral (“immorality”)
  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

DeclensionEdit

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

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TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish moral.

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. moral

NounEdit

morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. morals

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French morale.

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moral (definite accusative morali, plural moraller)

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