moral

moral

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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”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒɹəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoɹəl/
    • (East Coast) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

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.
  2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
  3. Capable of right and wrong action.
  4. Probable but not proved.
  5. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

Synonyms

  • (conforming to a standard of right behaviour): incorruptible, noble, righteous, virtuous
  • (probable but not proved): virtual

Antonyms

  • immoral, unethical, corrupt, unscrupulous, amoral, non-moral, pseudomoral, unmoral

Coordinate terms

  • ethical

Translations

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.
  3. (of a media) A depiction of good or heroic actions.
  4. (obsolete) A morality play.
  5. (slang, dated) A moral certainty.
  6. (slang, dated) An exact counterpart.

Synonyms

  • (moral practices or teachings): ethics, mores
  • (a depiction of good or heroic actions.): message

Hyponyms

  • golden rule

Translations

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.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “moral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “moral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “moral”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Marlo, molar, romal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [muˈɾal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [moˈɾal]

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

Derived terms

  • amoral
  • immoral
  • moralisme
  • moralment

Related terms

  • moralitat

Noun

moral f (plural morals)

  1. morals
  2. morale

Further reading

  • “moral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “moral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “moral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “moral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

Derived terms

  • moralisere
  • moralsk
  • moralisme
  • moralist
  • umoral
  • seksualmoral

See also

  • etik
  • karakter
  • sæd
  • sædelighed
  • opførsel

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ʁal/

Noun

moral m (plural moraux)

  1. morale, optimism

Adjective

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

  1. moral
  2. legal
  3. incorporeal (↔ physique)

Derived terms

  • amoral
  • avoir le moral en berne
  • avoir le moral à zéro
  • avoir le moral dans les chaussettes
  • conte moral
  • immoral
  • morale
  • moralisme
  • moraliste
  • moralité
  • personne morale
  • remonter le moral

Related terms

  • mœurs

Further reading

  • “moral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

Derived terms

  • moralmente

Related terms

  • moralidade

Noun

moral f (plural morais)

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

Further reading

  • “moral”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoral/
  • Rhymes: -oral
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ral

Noun

moral

  1. moral:
    1. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
    2. Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
    3. A conviction so justifiable that one is morally entitled to act on it: moral certainty.
  2. morale (the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • moral on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia id

Ladin

Adjective

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

  1. moral

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mōrālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Homophone: mural (Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ral

Adjective

moral m or f (plural morais)

  1. moral

Derived terms

  • moralmente

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;

Related terms

  • moralidade

Noun

moral m (plural morais)

  1. morale

Further reading

  • “moral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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

Declension

Noun

moral n (plural morale)

  1. morale, optimism

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mòrāl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀ра̄л)

  1. (uncountable) moral

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈɾal/ [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
Derived terms
Related terms

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)
Hyponyms
  • doble moral
Derived terms

See also

  • tener más moral que el Alcoyano (Spain, informal)

Etymology 2

From mora +‎ -al.

Noun

moral m (plural morales)

  1. mulberry tree

Further reading

  • “moral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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”)
  2. morals
  3. morale
  4. a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)
    Synonym: (more idiomatic) sensmoral

Declension

Related terms

  • moralisera
  • moralisk
  • moralism
  • moralist
  • moralpanik
  • moraltant
  • omoral

See also

  • etik
  • karaktär
  • sed
  • sedelärande
  • sedlighet
  • uppförande

References

  • moral in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  • moral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • lamor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish moral.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. moral

Noun

morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. morals

Derived terms

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French morale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mo.ɾal/

Noun

moral (definite accusative morali, plural moraller)

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

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