moral

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
3. Capable of right and wrong action.
4. Probable but not proved.
5. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

Noun

1. The ethical significance or practical lesson.
2. (in-plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
3. A depiction of good or heroic actions.
4. (obsolete) A morality play.
5. (dated, slang) A moral certainty.
6. (dated, slang) An exact counterpart.

Verb

To moralize.

Concepts

moral

morale

moralité

leçon

soutien

spirituel

bonnes moeurs

immatériel

bon

👍

sens moral

abstrait

enseignement

Synonymes

ethical

virtuous

righteous

ethic

morality

upright

lesson

ethics

good

👍

scrupulous

noble

just

morals

honorable

decent

righteousness

merit

moral lesson

moral teaching

moral principle

precept

conduct

spiritual

honest

proper

virtue

principled

proverb

quiet

reason

rectitude

right

rightful

saw

🪚

saying

schooling

seemly

self-righteous

sober

straightforward

⬆️

support

symbolism

system

teaching

true

truthful

tuition

tutelage

tutorship

uncorrupt

Traductions

morale

moral

moralisch

moral

ηθικός

moraleja

moral

Moral

moreel

zedelijk

zedenkundig

moralidad

etico

ahlaki

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɒɹəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: moral

Appartenant à grec ancien: ἠθικός

In summary

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”).