morale

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmərɑːl/, SAMPA: /"m@rA:l/

Noun

Wikipedia morale (uncountable)

1. The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.

   After the layoffs morale was at an all time low, they were so dispirited nothing was getting done.

   Morale is an important quality in soldiers. With good morale they'll charge into a hail of bullets; without it they won't even cross a street.

Synonyms

• esprit de corps

Translations

capacity

Chinese: Mandarin: 士氣 (zh), 士气 (zh) (shìqì) Czech: morálka (cs) f. Finnish: moraali (fi) French: moral (fr) m. German: Moral (de) f. Greek: ηθικό (el) (ithikó) n., φρόνημα (el) (frónima) n.

Italian: morale (it) m. Japanese: 士気 (ja) (しき, shiki) Portuguese: ânimo (pt), disposição (pt), moral (pt) m. Russian: боевой дух (ru) (bojevój dux) m. Scottish Gaelic: meanmna (gd) m., misneachd (gd) f., spiorad (gd) m., smior (gd) m.

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

morale f. (plural morales)

1. Ethics, morality

Adjective

morale f.

1. feminine form of moral

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Italian

Adjective

morale m. and f. (m and f plural morali)

1. moral

Noun

morale f. (plural morali)

1. morals
2. moral philosophy

morale m. (plural morali)

1. morale

Related terms

• moralista
• moralistico
• moralità
• moralizzare
• moralizzatore
• moralmente

Anagrams

• malore
• molare
• molerà

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Latin

Adjective

mōrāle

1. nominative neuter singular of mōrālis
2. accusative neuter singular of mōrālis
3. vocative neuter singular of mōrālis

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Polish

Noun

morale

1. locative singular of morał
2. vocative singular of morał