moral
French, noun/mɔ.ʁal/
moral is spelled M-O-R-A-L (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moral is a French masculine noun meaning “morale, optimism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui transcende la morale”.
What does moral mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemorale, optimism
avoir le moral en berne
adjective
- 1
moral
conte moral
- 2
incorporeal
une personne morale
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne les mœurs. 2. Relatif au sens du bien et du mal. 3. Qui a des mœurs, qui a des principes et une conduite conforme à la morale. 4. Qui est conforme aux bonnes mœurs.
noun: 1. Ce qui transcende la morale. 2. Ensemble de nos facultés morales. 3. État d’esprit, dispositions, sentiments positifs. 4. Indicateur conjoncturel permettant d’évaluer l’opinion des ménages sur leur environnement économique, leurs comportements de consommation et leurs perspectives d'épargne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of moral
- moraux plural
- morale feminine
- morales feminine plural
- morals plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moral?
- /mɔ.ʁal/
- \mɔ.ʁal\
- [mɔ.ʁal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moral in French?
moral appears 28 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).