"moral" in seven languages
Meaningmoral
Spanish
moral
/moˈɾal/
learned
French
moral
/mɔʁal/
learned
fem.: morale
As nouns: le moral is 'morale, spirits', la morale is 'morals' or the moral of a story.
Italian
morale
/moˈrale/
learned
Portuguese
moral
/moˈɾaw/
learned
Romanian
moral
/moˈral/
learned
Catalan
moral
/muˈɾal/
learned
English
moral
/ˈmɔɹəl/
from Latin/French · Latin MŌRĀLIS (partly via Old French)
English → ItalianmoralmoraleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MŌRĀLEM‘of customs, of conduct’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Built on MŌS, MŌRIS 'custom': morality is literally 'the way things are done'. English morale is the French noun respelled, which is why it means spirits, not ethics.
English relatives: morals, morality, morale, mores
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In a sentence
- esEs una cuestión moral.
- frC'est une question morale.
- itÈ una questione morale.
- ptÉ uma questão moral.
- roE o chestiune morală.
- caÉs una qüestió moral.
- enIt's a moral question.
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