different between amoral vs aloud

English

Etymology

From a- (“not”) +? moral.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?r?l

Adjective

amoral (comparative more amoral, superlative most amoral)

1. (of acts) Neither moral nor immoral.
2. (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.

Synonyms

• non-moral

Derived terms

Related terms

• non-moral
• immoral

Translations

Further reading

• amoral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• amoral at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

a- +? moral

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.mo??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.mu??al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.mo??al/

Adjective

amoral (masculine and feminine plural amorals)

1. amoral

Related terms

• amoralitat

Further reading

• “amoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amoral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “amoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

a- +? moral

Adjective

amoral (feminine singular amorale, masculine plural amoraux, feminine plural amorales)

1. amoral

Related terms

• moral
• immoral
• amoralement

Further reading

• “amoral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

a- +? moral

Adjective

amoral m or f (plural amorais, comparable)

1. amoral

Related terms

Further reading

• “amoral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French amoral

Adjective

amoral m or n (feminine singular amoral?, masculine plural amorali, feminine and neuter plural amorale)

1. amoral

Declension

Related terms

• amoralitate
• moral

Spanish

Etymology

a- +? moral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amo??al/, [a.mo??al]

Adjective

amoral (plural amorales)

1. amoral

   Antonym: moral

Derived terms

• amoralidad
• amoralismo
• amoralizar

Further reading

• “amoral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- +? loud or a- +? loude (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??la?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d
• Homophone: allowed
• Hyphenation: aloud

Adverb

aloud (not comparable)

1. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
2. Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.

Translations

Adjective

aloud (not comparable)

1. Spoken out loud.

Anagrams

• doula, doúla

Dutch

Alternative forms

• aaloud (obsolete)

Etymology

Compound of al +? oud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.?u?t/, /?l??u?t/
• Hyphenation: al?oud

Adjective

aloud (not comparable)

1. ancient, time-honoured, from time immemorial
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Inflection

Derived terms

• aloudheid