morale
See also: morāle and morālē
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French moral.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈɹɑːl/
Audio (RP) (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /məˈɹæl/
- Rhymes: -æl
Noun
morale (countable and uncountable, plural morales)
- The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.
- After the layoffs, morale was at an all time low; the staff were so dispirited nothing was getting done.
- Morale is an important quality in soldiers. With good morale they'll charge into a hail of bullets; without it they won't even cross a street.
- A morale-boosting exercise
- 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times:
- Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.
Synonyms
- esprit de corps
Descendants
- → Welsh: morâl
Translations
the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others
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Anagrams
- Lamore, Melora, Merola
Esperanto
Etymology
From moralo + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [moˈrale]
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: mo‧ra‧le
Adverb
morale
- morally
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ.ʁal/
Audio (file)
Noun
morale f (plural morales)
- ethics, morality
Adjective
morale
- feminine singular of moral
Further reading
- “morale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mōrālis, derived from mōs (“custom, way; law”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈra.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: mo‧rà‧le
Adjective
morale (plural morali)
- moral
Noun
morale f (plural morali)
- morals
- moral philosophy
Noun
morale m (plural morali)
- morale
Related terms
- moralista
- moralistico
- moralità
- moralizzare
- moralizzatore
- moralmente
Anagrams
- Merola, malore, molare, molera, molerà
Latin
Adjective
mōrāle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mōrālis
References
- morale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English morale, from French moral, from Middle French moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔˈra.lɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alɛ
- Syllabification: mo‧ra‧le
Noun
morale n (indeclinable)
- morale (capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)
- morals
Noun
morale
- locative singular of morał
- vocative singular of morał
Further reading
- morale in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- morale in Polish dictionaries at PWN