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English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima (“axiom”), noun use of the feminine singular form of Latin maximus (apparently as used in the phrase pr?positi? maxima (“greatest premise”)). Doublet of maxima.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæk.s?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæk.s?m/, /?mæk.s?m/

Noun

maxim (plural maxims)

1. (now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
2. A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
   • 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 768:

     In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.

Synonyms

• (precept, succinct statement): Synonym: aphorism, cliche, enthymeme, proverb, saying
• See also Thesaurus:saying

Derived terms

• maxim worker

Translations

See also

• adage
• aphorism
• apophthegm

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English maximum, French maximum, German Maximum, Italian massimo, Russian ????????? (máksimum), Spanish máximo. Regarded as a shortened form of maxime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak?sim/, /ma??zim/

Adverb

maxim

1. most

   Antonym: minim

Derived terms

See also

• plu
• min

Romanian

Etymology

From French maxime

Noun

maxim f (plural maximi)

1. maximum

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin m?r?lis (“relating to manners or morals”)(first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ?????? (?thikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m???l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m???l/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?m???l/
• Rhymes: -?r?l (Received Pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -????l (General American)

Adjective

moral (comparative more moral, superlative most moral)

1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

   • She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.

2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.

3. Capable of right and wrong action.

4. Probable but not proved.

5. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

Synonyms

• (conforming to a standard of right behaviour): ethical, incorruptible, noble, righteous, virtuous
• (probable but not proved): virtual

Antonyms

• immoral, unethical, corrupt, unscrupulous, amoral, non-moral, unmoral

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

moral (plural morals)

1. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.

   The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.

   • 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration (printed in Edinburgh Review, January 1841)

     We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.

2. (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

3. (obsolete) A morality play.
4. (slang, dated) A moral certainty.
5. (slang, dated) An exact counterpart.

Synonyms

• (moral practices or teachings): ethics, mores

Hyponyms

• golden rule

Translations

Verb

moral (third-person singular simple present morals, present participle moraling or moralling, simple past and past participle moraled or moralled)

1. (intransitive) To moralize.

Further reading

• moral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• moral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• moral at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Marlo, molar, romal

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin m?r?lis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

moral (masculine and feminine plural morals)

1. moral (relating to right and wrong)
2. moral (conforming to a standard of right behaviour)

   Antonyms: immoral, amoral

Derived terms

• amoral
• immoral
• moralisme
• moralment

Related terms

• moralitat

Noun

moral f (plural morals)

1. morals
2. morale

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

Loan from French morale via German Moral

Noun

moral c

1. morale, motivation (capacity to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)
2. moral, moral practices, conduct

   streng, victoriansk moral

   strict, Victorian moral

3. a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)

   Synonym: morale

Derived terms

• moralisere
• moralsk
• moralisme
• moralist
• umoral
• seksualmoral

See also

• etik
• karakter
• sæd
• sædelighed
• opførsel

French

Etymology

From Middle French moral, from Old French moral, from Latin moralis.

Pronunciation

Noun

moral m (plural moraux)

1. morale, optimism

Adjective

moral (feminine singular morale, masculine plural moraux, feminine plural morales)

1. moral

Derived terms

• amoral
• avoir le moral en berne
• avoir le moral à zéro
• avoir le moral dans les chaussettes
• immoral
• morale
• moralisme
• moraliste
• moralité
• personne morale
• remonter le moral

Related terms

• mœurs

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Latin m?r?lis.

Adjective

moral m or f (plural morais)

1. moral (relating to right and wrong)
2. moral (conforming to a standard of right behaviour)

   Antonyms: inmoral, amoral

Related terms

• moralidade

Noun

moral f (plural morais)

1. moral (moral practices or teachings)
2. morale

Further reading

• “moral” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ladin

Adjective

moral m (feminine singular morala, masculine plural morai, feminine plural morales)

1. moral

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin moralis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo?ral
• Homophone: mural (Portugal)
• Rhymes: -al, -aw

Adjective

moral m or f (plural morais, comparable)

1. moral

Noun 1

moral f (plural morais)

1. a set of moral values, (collectively) principles, morality;
2. moral philosophy;
3. (Brazil, informal) authority, capacity or right to impose on or influence another;
   1. balls (boldness), attitude of authority;
   2. right to have a say on a matter, to judge someone etc., moral high ground;

Related terms

• moralidade

Noun 2

moral m (plural morais)

1. morale

Further reading

• “moral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ra?l/
• Hyphenation: mo?ral

Noun

mòr?l m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (uncountable) moral

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??al/, [mo??al]
• Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

From Latin m?r?lis.

Adjective

moral (plural morales)

1. moral (relating to right and wrong)
2. moral (conforming to a standard of right behaviour)

   Antonyms: inmoral, amoral

Derived terms

Related terms

• moralidad

Noun

moral f (plural morales)

1. morals, standard (modes of conduct)
2. morale (the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)

Hyponyms

• doble moral

Derived terms

See also

• tener más moral que el Alcoyano (Spain, informal)

Etymology 2

mora +? -al

Noun

moral m (plural morales)

1. mulberry tree

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Loan from French morale via German Moral, used in Swedish in Then Swänska Argus (1730s).

Pronunciation

Noun

moral c

1. morale, character
2. moral, moral practices, conduct

   snäv, viktoriansk moral

   strict, Victorian moral

3. a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)

Declension

Related terms

• moralisera
• moralisk
• moralism
• moralist
• moralpanik
• moraltant
• omoral
• sexualmoral

See also

• etik
• karaktär
• sed
• sedelärande
• sedlighet
• uppförande

References

• moral in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• moral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• lamor