moral

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See also: Moral, morál, and morâl

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”).

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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
  2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
    • 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 222716698:
      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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Terms derived from moral

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Noun[edit]

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. (obsolete) A morality play.
  4. (slang, dated) A moral certainty.
  5. (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)

  1. (intransitive) To moralize.

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mōrālis.

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Adjective[edit]

moral (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[edit]

moral f (plural morals)

  1. morals
  2. morale

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Loan from French morale via German Moral

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

moral m (plural moraux)

  1. morale, optimism

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. moral

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mōrālis.

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

moral f (plural morais)

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

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Adjective[edit]

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

  1. moral

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin moralis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Brazil) /moˈɾaw/, [moˈɾaʊ̯]
  • IPA(key): (Portugal) /muˈɾal/, [muˈɾaɫ]

Adjective[edit]

moral m or f (plural morais, comparable)

  1. moral

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Noun[edit]

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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Noun[edit]

moral m (plural morais)

  1. morale

Further reading[edit]

  • “moral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin moralis or French moral.

Adjective[edit]

moral m or n (feminine singular morală, masculine plural morali, feminine and neuter plural morale)

  1. moral

Declension[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

moral n (plural morale)

  1. morale, optimism

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

mòrāl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀ра̄л)

  1. (uncountable) moral

Declension[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin mōrālis.

Adjective[edit]

moral (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[edit]

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[edit]

mora +‎ -al

Noun[edit]

moral m (plural morales)

  1. mulberry tree

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

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