morale

See also: morāle and morālē

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French moral.

Pronunciation

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, they 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.
    • 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.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ʁal/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

morale f (plural morales)

  1. Ethics, morality

Adjective

morale

  1. feminine singular of moral

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mōrālem, form of mōrālis, derived from mōs (“custom, way; law”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈra.le/, [moˈr̺äːl̺e̞]
  • Stress: moràle
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ra‧le

Adjective

morale (masculine and feminine plural morali)

  1. moral

Noun

morale f (plural morali)

  1. morals
  2. moral philosophy

morale m (plural morali)

  1. morale

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Latin

Adjective

mōrāle

  1. nominative neuter singular of mōrālis
  2. accusative neuter singular of mōrālis
  3. vocative neuter singular of mōrālis

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English morale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔˈra.lɛ/

Noun

morale n

  1. morale (“the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal”)

Usage notes

  • Mostly used in a singular.

Declension

Noun

morale

  1. locative singular of morał
  2. vocative singular of morał

Further reading

  • morale in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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