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mores

mores

what it means

Mores are the rules of a place that were never written down and are enforced anyway. Nobody hands you a sheet on your first day saying which chair is not yours, how loudly people talk in that corridor, or whether the boss is called by their first name. You find out by getting one of them slightly wrong and watching the room. The word is the Latin for customs, and it is the same root that gives us moral — which is the useful part: mores are what a group treats as right, whether or not it has anything to do with right and wrong. It is always plural. There is no single more.

Las mores son las reglas de un lugar que nadie escribió y que todos hacen cumplir. Nadie te da una hoja el primer día diciendo qué silla no es tuya. Te enteras equivocándote una vez y mirando las caras. Es el latín de «costumbres», la misma raíz de «moral». Siempre en plural.

As mores são as regras de um lugar que ninguém escreveu e que todo mundo cobra. Ninguém te entrega uma folha no primeiro dia dizendo qual cadeira não é sua. Você descobre errando uma vez e olhando a cara dos outros. É o latim de "costumes", a mesma raiz de "moral". Sempre no plural.

Les mores sont les règles d'un lieu que personne n'a écrites et que tout le monde fait respecter. Personne ne vous remet une feuille le premier jour indiquant quelle chaise n'est pas la vôtre. On l'apprend en se trompant une fois et en regardant les visages. C'est le latin de « coutumes », la racine de « moral ». Toujours au pluriel.

Mores adalah aturan sebuah tempat yang tidak pernah ditulis, tapi tetap ditegakkan semua orang. Tidak ada yang memberi Anda selembar kertas di hari pertama tentang kursi mana yang bukan milik Anda. Anda tahu setelah salah sekali dan melihat wajah orang-orang. Ini bahasa Latin untuk "kebiasaan", akar kata "moral". Selalu jamak.

Mores, bir yerin hiç yazılmamış ama herkesin uyguladığı kurallarıdır. İlk gün kimse size hangi sandalyenin sizin olmadığını yazıp vermez. Bir kez yanlış yapıp odadaki yüzlere bakarak öğrenirsiniz. Kelime Latincede "âdetler" demek; "moral" ile aynı kökten. Her zaman çoğuldur.

mores とは、どこにも書かれていないのに、みんなが守らせている、その場所の決まりのことです。初日に「その椅子はあなたのではない」と書いた紙をくれる人はいません。一度やってしまって、周りの顔を見て気づくのです。ラテン語の「慣習」で、moral と同じ語源。つねに複数形です。

  1. 01

    noun (plural)

    the unwritten rules and customs of a group

    He never quite learned the mores of the new office.

  2. 02

    noun (plural)

    what a society treats as proper behaviour at a given time

    Their mores changed faster than the law did.

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