mœurs
See also: moeurs
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mœʁ/, /mœʁs/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ, -œʁs
- Homophones: meure, meurent, meures, meurs, meurt (without /s/)
Noun
mœurs f pl (plural only)
- mores, customs
- Synonyms: coutume, coutumes
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of police des mœurs (“vice police”).
Derived terms
- autre pays, autres mœurs
- autres temps, autres mœurs
Descendants
- → English: moeurs
Further reading
- “mœurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- morues, remous