moral

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See also: Moral, morál, and morâl

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

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.
    moral judgments;  a moral poem
    • (Can we date this quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.
  2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
    • (Can we date this quote by Sir M. Hale and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      the wiser and more moral part of mankind
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
      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 obligation
  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

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.
    • (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      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 certainty.
  5. (slang, dated) An exact counterpart.

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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.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mōrālis.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

moral f (plural morals)

  1. morals
  2. morale

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Danish

Etymology

Loan from French morale via German Moral

Noun

moral c

  1. morale, character
  2. moral, moral practices, conduct
    snäv, viktoriansk moral
    strict, Victorian moral
  3. a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

moral m (plural moraux)

  1. morale, optimism

Adjective

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

  1. moral

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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

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Noun

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

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Ladin

Adjective

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

  1. moral

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin moralis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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  1. moral

Noun 1

moral f (plural morais)

  1. a set of moral values, (collectively) principles, morality;
  2. moral philosophy;
  3. (Brazil, 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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Noun 2

moral m (plural morais)

  1. morale

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mòrāl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀ра̄л)

  1. (uncountable) moral

Declension

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈɾal/ [moˈɾal]

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
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Noun

moral f (plural morales)

  1. morals (modes of conduct)
  2. morale (the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)
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Etymology 2

mora +‎ -al

Noun

moral m (plural morales)

  1. mulberry tree

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

moral c

  1. morale, character
  2. moral, moral practices, conduct
    snäv, viktoriansk moral
    strict, Victorian moral
  3. a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)

Declension

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

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