moral

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɹəl/
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• General-American: /ˈmoɹəl/
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• East-Coast: /ˈmɑɹəl/
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• rhymes with -ɒɹəl
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh1-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral 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”).

Borrowed from Spanish Moral.

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179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: moral — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Albanian: besë — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Arabic: أَخْلَاقِيّ (ʔaḵlāqiyy) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Armenian: բարոյական (baroyakan) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Azerbaijani: əxlaqi — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Belarusian: мара́льны (marálʹny) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Bengali: নৈতিক (nōitik) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Bulgarian: мора́лен (morálen) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Bulgarian: нравоучителен (nravoučitelen) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Catalan: moral — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 道德的 (dàodé de) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Czech: morální — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Danish: moralsk — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Dutch: moreel — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Estonian: kõlbeline — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Estonian: moraalne — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Finnish: moraalinen — relating to principles of right and wrong
• French: moral — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Galician: moral — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Georgian: მორალური (moraluri) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• German: moralisch — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Greek: ηθικός (ithikós) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Hebrew: מוּסָר (musár) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Hindi: नैतिक (naitik) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Hungarian: morális — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Hungarian: erkölcsi — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Italian: morale — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Japanese: 倫理的な (rinriteki na) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Kazakh: моральдық (moraldyq) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Kazakh: ақылақтық (aqylaqtyq) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Central Kurdish: ئەخلاق (exlaq) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Kyrgyz: моралдык (moraldık) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Latvian: morāls — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Lithuanian: moralinis — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Macedonian: морален (moralen) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Norwegian Bokmål: moralsk — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Pashto: اخلاقي (axlāqi) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Persian: اخلاقی (axlâqi) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Polish: moralny — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Portuguese: moral — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Romanian: moral — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Russian: мора́льный (morálʹnyj) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Russian: нравоучи́тельный (nravoučítelʹnyj) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Russian: назида́тельный (nazidátelʹnyj) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Scottish Gaelic: moralta — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̀ра̄лан — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Serbo-Croatian: mòrālan — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Slovak: morálny — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Slovene: moralen — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Spanish: moral — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Swedish: moralisk — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Tajik: ахлоқӣ (axloqi) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Turkish: ahlakî — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Turkish: ahlaki — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Turkish: ahlaksal — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Turkmen: ahlakly — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Ukrainian: мора́льний (morálʹnyj) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Urdu: اَخْلاقی (axlāqī) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Uyghur: ئەخلاقىي (exlaqiy) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Uzbek: axloqiy — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Yiddish: מאָראַליש (moralish) — relating to principles of right and wrong
• Armenian: բարոյական (baroyakan) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Bulgarian: доброде́телен (dobrodételen) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Bulgarian: нра́вствен (nrávstven) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Catalan: moral — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Danish: moralsk — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Danish: sømmelig — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Dutch: zedelijk — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Esperanto: morala — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Finnish: moraalinen — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• French: moral — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Galician: moral — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• German: moralisch — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• German: sittlich — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Greek: ηθικός (ithikós) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Hebrew: מוּסָרִי (musarí) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Hindi: नैतिक (naitik) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Hungarian: morális — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Hungarian: erkölcsös — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Japanese: 倫理的な (rinriteki na) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Central Kurdish: ئەخلاق (exlaq) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Latin: probus — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Latvian: morāls — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Manx: beasagh — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Norwegian Bokmål: sedelig — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sedug — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sedeleg — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Plautdietsch: sitlich — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Polish: moralny — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Portuguese: moral — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Russian: мора́льный (morálʹnyj) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Russian: нра́вственный (nrávstvennyj) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Russian: эти́ческий (etíčeskij) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Russian: доброде́тельный (dobrodételʹnyj) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Scottish Gaelic: moralta — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Spanish: moral — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Swedish: moralisk — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Turkish: ahlakî — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Turkish: ahlaki — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Yiddish: מאָראַליש (moralish) — conforming to a standard of right behavior
• Bulgarian: нра́вствен (nrávstven) — capable of right and wrong action
• Danish: moralsk — capable of right and wrong action
• Finnish: moraalinen — capable of right and wrong action
• French: moral — capable of right and wrong action
• German: moralisch — capable of right and wrong action
• Greek: ηθικός (ithikós) — capable of right and wrong action
• Hungarian: morális — capable of right and wrong action
• Scottish Gaelic: moralta — capable of right and wrong action
• Russian: духо́вный (duxóvnyj) — probable but not proved
• Russian: душе́вный (dušévnyj) — probable but not proved
• Russian: вну́тренний (vnútrennij) — probable but not proved
• Danish: moralisk — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• Dutch: moreel — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• Finnish: moraalinen — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• German: moralisch — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• Greek: ηθικός (ithikós) — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• Hungarian: morális — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• Russian: мора́льный (morálʹnyj) — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• Scottish Gaelic: moralta — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• Swedish: moralisk — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• Turkish: moral verici — positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
• Arabic: عِظَة (ʕiẓa) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Belarusian: мара́ль (marálʹ) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Belarusian: павуча́нне (pavučánnje) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Bulgarian: поу́ка (poúka) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Catalan: moralitat — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Chinese Mandarin: 教訓 /教训 (jiàoxùn) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Dutch: moraal — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Finnish: opetus — the moral significance or practical lesson
• French: moralité — the moral significance or practical lesson
• German: Moral — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Hindi: नैतिक (naitik) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Hungarian: tanulság — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Irish: múineadh — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Irish: teagasc — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Japanese: 教訓 (kyōkun) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Korean: 교훈 (gyohun) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Latvian: morāle — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Macedonian: поука (pouka) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Manx: bun-cheeal — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Polish: morał — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Portuguese: moral — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Russian: мора́ль (morálʹ) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Russian: назида́ние (nazidánije) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Russian: поуче́ние (poučénije) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Scottish Gaelic: teagasg — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏ука — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍuka — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Spanish: moraleja — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Swedish: sensmoral — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Turkish: hikayenin özü — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Ukrainian: мора́ль (morálʹ) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Ukrainian: повча́ння (povčánnja) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Ukrainian: напуча́ння (napučánnja) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Yiddish: מאָראַל (moral) — the moral significance or practical lesson
• Bulgarian: мора́л (morál) — moral practices or teachings
• Bulgarian: нра́вственост (nrávstvenost) — moral practices or teachings
• Catalan: moral — moral practices or teachings
• Chinese Mandarin: 道德 (dàodé) — moral practices or teachings
• Danish: moral — moral practices or teachings
• Dutch: moraal — moral practices or teachings
• Finnish: moraali — moral practices or teachings
• French: morale — moral practices or teachings
• Galician: moral — moral practices or teachings
• German: Moral — moral practices or teachings
• Hindi: नैतिक (naitik) — moral practices or teachings
• Hungarian: erkölcs — moral practices or teachings
• Hungarian: morál — moral practices or teachings
• Latin: mōrālitās — moral practices or teachings
• Latvian: morāle — moral practices or teachings
• Polish: morały — moral practices or teachings
• Portuguese: moralidade — moral practices or teachings
• Russian: мора́ль (morálʹ) — moral practices or teachings
• Russian: нра́вственность (nrávstvennostʹ) — moral practices or teachings
• Scottish Gaelic: teagasg — moral practices or teachings
• Swedish: moral — moral practices or teachings
• Turkish: ahlak — moral practices or teachings
• Vietnamese: đạo đức — moral practices or teachings
• Yiddish: מאָראַל (moral) — moral practices or teachings