morale

See also: morāle and morālē

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French morale.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈɹɑːl/
    • (file)
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /məˈɹæl/
  • Rhymes: -æl

Noun

morale (countable and uncountable, plural morales)

  1. 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, retrieved 2 November 2012:
      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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Welsh: morâl

Translations

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From moralo + -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moˈrale]
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ra‧le

Adverb

morale

  1. morally

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ʁal/
  • (file)

Noun

morale f (plural morales)

  1. ethics, morality

Adjective

morale

  1. feminine singular of moral

Further reading

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)

  1. moral

Noun

morale f (plural morali)

  1. morals
  2. moral philosophy

Noun

morale m (plural morali)

  1. morale

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

mōrāle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mōrālis

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔˈra.lɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alɛ
  • Syllabification: mo‧ra‧le

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mōrāle.

Noun

morale n (indeclinable)

  1. morale (capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others)
  2. morals (moral practices or teachings; modes of conduct)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

morale m inan

  1. locative/vocative singular of morał

Further reading

  • morale in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • morale in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • morale in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Verb

morale

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of morar combined with le
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