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1 mœurs
mœʀ(s)nom féminin pluriel1) ( usages) gén customs; ( de milieu social) lifestyle (sg)entrer dans les mœurs — [usage] to become part of everyday life
comédie de mœurs — Littérature comedy of manners
2) ( habitudes de conduite) habits3) ( moralité) morals••autres temps, autres mœurs — other days, other ways
* * *mœʀ(s) nfpl1) (= conduite)2) (= pratiques sociales)3) (= mode de vie) lifestyle sg4) [espèce animale] behaviour sg Grande-Bretagne behavior sg USA* * *mœurs nfpl1 ( usages) (d'époque, de pays, peuple) customs, mores sout; ( de milieu social) lifestyle (sg); les mœurs de la bourgeoisie/des banlieusards the bourgeois/suburban lifestyle; entrer dans les mœurs [usage, pratique] to become part of everyday life; il faut vivre avec les mœurs de son temps you've got to move with the times; roman/comédie de mœurs Littérat novel/comedy of manners; l'évolution des mœurs the change in attitudes; les mœurs politiques political practices;2 ( habitudes de conduite) habits; avoir des mœurs austères/simples to have austere/simple habits, to have an austere/a simple lifestyle; les mœurs des renards the habits of foxes;3 ( moralité) morals; des mœurs relâchées or dissolues loose morals; avoir des mœurs irréprochables to have the highest moral standards; leur conduite est contraire aux bonnes mœurs their behaviourGB is not in keeping with good moral standards; la police des mœurs, les Mœurs○ the vice squad; une sordide affaire de mœurs a sordid sex case; ⇒ adoucir.autres temps, autres mœurs other days, other ways.[mɶr(s)] nom féminin pluriel[style de vie] life-style————————de mœurs locution adjectivale1. [sexuel]2. LITTÉRATUREcomédie/roman de mœurs comedy/novel of manners
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