Feminine

mœurs

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (feminine, plural, plural-only) mores, customs
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, feminine, plural, plural-only) ellipsis of police des mœurs (“vice police”)

Translations

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mœʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs.

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