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English

Alternative forms

• moeurs

Etymology 1

From Latin m?r?s (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of m?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??.?e?z/

Noun

mores pl (plural only)

1. A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws.
   • 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, page 99:

     All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense. And to prefer a society in which the individual has holistic relationships with a few, rather than modular relationships with many, is to wish for a return to the imprisonment of the past?—?a past when individuals may have been more tightly bound to one another, but when they were also more tightly regimented by social conventions, sexual mores, political and religious restrictions.

   • 1973, Philippa Foot, “Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values” in Nietzsche: A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by Robert C. Solomon, Garden City, New York: Anchor Books, ?ISBN, page 165:

     It is relevant here to recall that the word “morality” is derived from mos with its plural mores, and that in its present usage it has not lost this connexion with the mores?—?the rules of behaviour?—?of a society.

Translations

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.?z/

Noun

mores

1. plural of more

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

mores

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of more

Anagrams

• Morse, Moser, Romes, meros, mesor, moers, morse, omers, s'more, smore, somer

Catalan

Noun

mores

1. plural of mora

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?r?s (“customs, rules”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo?res

Noun

mores pl (plural only)

1. (college) customs, rules

Derived terms

• iemand mores leren (“to teach someone a lesson”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/
• Homophones: maure, maures, more

Adjective

mores

1. plural of more

Anagrams

• morse

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mo?.re?s/, [?mo??e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mo.res/, [?m????s]

Noun

m?r?s

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of m?s

References

• mores in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mores in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Anagrams

• serm?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.r?s/

Noun

mores m inan

1. law obedience

   Synonyms: karno??, subordynacja

Declension

Further reading

• mores in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• mores in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

mores

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of morar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of morar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?es/, [?mo.?es]

Verb

mores

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of morar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of morar.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??s/

Etymology 1

From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).

Noun

morse (plural morses)

1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:

     The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Compare Russian ???? (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).

Noun

morse (plural morses)

1. (now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.]
   • 1880–1881: Clements R Markham (editor), The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622:

     Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.

Anagrams

• Mores, Moser, Romes, meros, mesor, moers, mores, omers, s'more, smore, somer

Breton

Adverb

morse

1. never

Synonyms

• nepred

Related terms

• biken

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

morse

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of morsen

Anagrams

• smore

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??s/

Etymology 1

From Russian ???? (morž), from Northern Sami.

Noun

morse m (plural morses)

1. walrus

See also

• otarie f
• phoque m

Etymology 2

Noun

morse m (uncountable)

1. Morse code

Anagrams

• mores

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

morse f

1. plural of morsa

Verb

morse

1. third-person singular past historic of mordere

morse f

1. plural of morso

Anagrams

• merso

Latin

Participle

morse

1. vocative masculine singular of morsus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.

Noun

morse m (definite singular morsen) (uncountable)

1. Morse or Morse code

Synonyms

• morsealfabet

Derived terms

• morsenøkkel

Verb

morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)

1. (sende morse) to transmit Morse code
2. to die

Usage notes

Using morse to signify die instead of the more common dø is a special usage found among health workers. The use of the term in this way is unknown in the general population.

References

• “morse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• morsa (a infinitive)

Etymology

From English Morse, named after Samuel Morse (1791–1872).

Noun

morse m (definite singular morsen, uncountable)

1. Morse code

Derived terms

• morsealfabet
• morsekode

Verb

morse (present tense morsar, past tense morsa, past participle morsa, passive infinitive morsast, present participle morsande, imperative mors)

1. to transmit Morse code

References

• “morse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish morghons. From morgon + -s (“adverbial suffix”). Compare the development of afse (from afton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²m?rse/

Adverb

morse

1. adverbial genitive form of morgon; a past morning

Usage notes

• Only found in the expression i morse (“the morning of today”), and related expressions, e.g. i går morse (”yesterday morning”), i måndags morse (”last Monday morning”).

See also

• afse