Feminine
mœurs
Sentences
Pourquoi pas ces mœurs ?
Why not these customs?
Meaning
- (feminine, plural, plural-only) mores, customs
- (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, feminine, plural, plural-only) ellipsis of police des mœurs (“vice police”)
Concepts
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mœʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs.
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