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moral

See also: Moral, morál, and morâl

English

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Etymology

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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.
    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

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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. (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.

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

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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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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mōrālis.

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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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moral f (plural morals)

  1. morals
  2. morale

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Danish

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Etymology

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Loan from French morale via German Moral

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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

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Etymology

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

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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
  2. legal
  3. incorporeal (↔ physique)

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin mōrālis.

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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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moral f (plural morais)

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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

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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)

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

  1. moral

Portuguese

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Etymology

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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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moral m (plural morais)

  1. morale

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin moralis or French moral.

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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

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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

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

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mòrāl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀ра̄л)

  1. (uncountable) moral

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

Spanish

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

Etymology 1

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From Latin mōrālis.

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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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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

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From mora +‎ -al.

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moral m (plural morales)

  1. mulberry tree

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

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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

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Declension of moral
nominative genitive
singular indefinite moral morals
definite moralen moralens
plural indefinite moraler moralers
definite moralerna moralernas
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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish moral.

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morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. moral

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morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. morals

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

Turkish

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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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