moral
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒɹəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoɹəl/
- Rhymes: -ɒɹəl
Adjective
[edit]moral (comparative more moral, superlative most moral)
- Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
- moral judgments; a moral poem
- a moral obligation
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
- She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.
- 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.
- Capable of right and wrong action.
- a moral agent
- Probable but not proved.
- a moral certainty
- Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
- a moral victory; moral support
Synonyms
[edit]- (conforming to a standard of right behaviour): incorruptible, noble, righteous, virtuous
- (probable but not proved): virtual
Antonyms
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Noun
[edit]moral (plural morals)
- (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.
- (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
- a candidate with strong morals
- (of a media) A depiction of good or heroic actions.
- (obsolete) A morality play.
- (slang, dated) A moral certainty.
- (slang, dated) An exact counterpart.
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Verb
[edit]moral (third-person singular simple present morals, present participle moraling or moralling, simple past and past participle moraled or moralled)
- (intransitive) To moralize.
Derived terms
[edit]- double moral
- juridico-moral
- medicomoral
- moral agency
- moral agent
- moral arithmetic
- moral authority
- moral bankruptcy
- moral circle
- moral code
- moral compass
- moral dilemma
- moral diversity
- moral duty
- moral fiber
- moral fibre
- moral futurism
- moral hazard
- moral high ground
- moral imperative
- moral injury
- moral leper
- moral low ground
- Moral Majority
- moral minimum
- moral nihilism
- moral objectivism
- moral obligation
- moral order
- moral panic
- moral philosophy
- moral police
- moral realism
- moral relativism
- moral science
- moral sense
- moral suasion
- moral support
- moral system
- moral turpitude
- moral universe
- moral victory
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]moral m or f (masculine and feminine plural morals)
Derived terms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]moral f (plural morals)
Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Loan from French morale via German Moral
Noun
[edit]moral c
- morale, motivation (capacity to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)
- moral, moral practices, conduct
- streng, victoriansk moral
- strict, Victorian moral
- streng, victoriansk moral
- a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)
- Synonym: morale
Derived terms
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French moral, from Old French moral, borrowed from Latin morālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moral m (plural moraux)
Adjective
[edit]moral (feminine morale, masculine plural moraux, feminine plural morales)
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “moral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]moral m or f (plural morais)
Derived terms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]moral f (plural morais)
Further reading
[edit]- “moral”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch moraal (“moral”), from Middle French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moral (first-person possessive moralku, second-person possessive moralmu, third-person possessive moralnya)
- moral:
- (literature) the ethical significance or practical lesson.
- Synonym: pengajaran (Standard Malay)
- moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
- moral certainty.
- (literature) the ethical significance or practical lesson.
- morale: the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.
- Synonyms: daya juang, korsa, moral
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “moral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Ladin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]moral m (feminine singular morala, masculine plural morai, feminine plural morales)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin mōrālis.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]moral m or f (plural morais)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]moral f (plural morais)
- a set of moral values, (collectively) principles, morality;
- moral philosophy;
- (informal) authority, capacity or right to impose on or influence another;
- balls (boldness), attitude of authority;
- right to have a say on a matter, to judge someone etc., moral high ground;
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]moral m (plural morais)
Further reading
[edit]- “moral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin moralis or French moral.
Adjective
[edit]moral m or n (feminine singular morală, masculine plural morali, feminine and neuter plural morale)
Declension
[edit]Noun
[edit]moral n (plural morale)
Declension
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mòrāl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀ра̄л)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]moral m or f (masculine and feminine plural morales)
Derived terms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]moral f (plural morales)
- morals, standard (modes of conduct)
- morale (the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)
Hyponyms
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[edit]See also
[edit]- tener más moral que el Alcoyano (Spain, informal)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]moral m (plural morales)
- mulberry tree
Further reading
[edit]- “moral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Loan from French morale via German Moral, used in Swedish in Then Swänska Argus (1730s).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]moral c
- morality
- Antonym: omoral (“immorality”)
- etik och moral
- ethics and morality
- morals
- De saknar helt moral
- They completely lack morals
- morale
- truppernas låga moral
- the low morale of the troops
- a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)
- Synonym: (more idiomatic) sensmoral
Declension
[edit]Declension of moral | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | moral | moralen | moraler | moralerna |
Genitive | morals | moralens | moralers | moralernas |
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[edit]References
[edit]- moral in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- moral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /moˈɾal/ [moˈɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: mo‧ral
Adjective
[edit]morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)
Noun
[edit]morál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “moral”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
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[edit]moral (definite accusative morali, plural moraller)
- morale, good spirits
- Bu başarı morallerini yükseltti. ― This success boosted their morale.
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