mores

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹeɪz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹiːz/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈmoɹeɪz/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈmoɹiz/
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• Canada: /ˈmoɹz/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈmoːɹæɪz/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈmoːɹiːz/
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• rhymes with -ɔːɹeɪz
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• /mɔː.ɹz/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AO1 R EY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: M AO1 R IY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs. Doublet of moeurs.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: norme — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Bulgarian: нрави (nravi) — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Chinese Mandarin: 習俗 /习俗 (xísú) — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Chinese Mandarin: 風俗 /风俗 (fēngsú) — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Czech: mravy — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Czech: mrav — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Finnish: normit — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• French: mœurs — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• French: coutumes — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• German: Sitten — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• German: Sittenkodex — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• German: Bräuche — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• German: Sitte — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• German: Gepflogenheiten — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• German: Konventionen — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• German: Lebensweise — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• German: Gebräuche — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• German: Normen — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Japanese: 道徳観 (dōtokukan) — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Japanese: モーレス (mōresu) — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Japanese: 慣習 (kanshū) — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Portuguese: moras — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Portuguese: costumes — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Romanian: moravuri — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Russian: нра́вы (nrávy) — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Russian: обы́чаи (obýčai) — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Russian: мора́льный ко́декс (morálʹnyj kódɛks) — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Spanish: mores — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Swedish: seder — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Swedish: sedvänjor — a set of accepted moral norms or customs
• Tagalog: malig — a set of accepted moral norms or customs