morale

morale

spirit; mood; emotional or mental condition: the morale of the soldiers

Not to be confused with:

moral – ethical: moral responsibility; lesson: the moral of a story; upright, honest, straightforward, virtuous, honorable: a moral woman

mo·rale

 (mə-răl′)

n.

The state of the spirits of a person or group as exhibited by confidence, cheerfulness, discipline, and willingness to perform assigned tasks: The staff's morale increased when everyone was given a day off with pay.

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[French, morality, good conduct, from feminine of moral, moral, from Old French; see moral.]

morale

(mɒˈrɑːl)

n

the degree of mental or moral confidence of a person or group; spirit of optimism

[C18: morals, from French, n. use of moral (adj)]

mo•rale

(məˈræl)

n.

emotional or mental condition with respect to confidence, zeal, etc., esp. in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.

[1745–55; < French, n. use of feminine of moral moral]

moral

– morality – morale

1. 'moral'

Moral (/mɒrəl/) can be an adjective, a count noun, or a plural noun.

When you use it as an adjective, it means 'relating to right and wrong behaviour'.

I have noticed a fall in moral standards.

It is our moral duty to stay.

The moral of a story is what it teaches you about how you should or should not behave.

The moral is clear: you must never marry for money.

Morals are principles of behaviour.

There can be no doubt about the excellence of his morals.

We agreed that business morals nowadays were very low.

2. 'morality'

Morality (/məræləti/) is the idea that some forms of behaviour are right and others are wrong.

Punishment always involves the idea of morality.

...standards of morality and justice in society.

3. 'morale'

Your morale (/mɒrɑːl/) is the amount of confidence you have when you are in a difficult or dangerous situation.

The morale of the men was good.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	morale - a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state"
	2.	morale - the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed esprit de corps, team spirit disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

morale

noun confidence, heart, spirit, temper, self-esteem, team spirit, mettle, esprit de corps Many pilots are suffering from low morale.

morale

noun

A strong sense of enthusiasm and dedication to a common goal that unites a group:

esprit, esprit de corps.

Translations

روح مَعْنَوِيَّهمَعْنَوِيَاتٌ

morálka

kampåndmorale

MoralKampfgeist

ηθικό

moral

henkinen tila

moralenthousiasme

samopouzdanje

közszellemszellem2

siîferîisòrek, baráttuvilji

moralestato d'animo

士気

사기

dvasinė būklė

garsnoskaņojums

moreel

kampåndkampvilje

morale

ânimo

настрой

morala

stridsmoral

กำลังใจ

moralmaneviyat

chí khí

士气

morale

[mɒˈrɑːl] N → moral f
morale was at an all-time low → la moral estaba más baja que nunca
to raise/lower sb's morale → levantar/bajar la moral a algn, animar/desanimar a algn

morale

[məˈrɑːl] n → moral m
Their morale is very low → Leur moral est très bas.
to suffer from low morale → ne pas avoir le moralmorale-boosting [məˈrɑːlbuːstɪŋ] adj [win, victory] → qui regonfle le moral

morale

n → Moral f; to boost somebody’s morale → jdm (moralischen) Auftrieb geben; to destroy somebody’s morale → jdn entmutigen; to be a morale booster for somebody → jdm (moralischen) Auftrieb geben

morale

[mɒˈrɑːl] n → morale m
to raise sb's morale → risollevare il morale di qn

morale

(məˈraːl) noun

the level of courage and confidence in eg an army, team etc. In spite of the defeat, morale was still high. moreel روح مَعْنَوِيَّه дух confiança morálka der Kampfgeist kampånd ηθικό, κουράγιοmoral võitlusvaim روحيه taistelutahto moral מוֹרָל मनोबल samodisciplina (köz)szellem, morál semangat siðferðisþrek, baráttuvilji morale 士気 사기 dvasinė būklė, nuotaika noskaņojums; gars semangat moreelkampåndmorale, duch روحيه confiança moral моральное состояние; боевои дух morálka morala moral moral, stridsmoral, kampvilja กำลังใจ moral, maneviyat 士氣 моральний стан; бойовий дух حوصلہ nhuệ khí 士气

morale

→ مَعْنَوِيَاتٌ morálka morale Moral ηθικό moral henkinen tila moral samopouzdanje morale 士気 사기 moreel kampvilje morale ânimo настрой stridsmoral กำลังใจ moral chí khí 士气

morale

n moral f