morale

morale
moral, morale
When Fowler wrote in the years following the First World War, morale, in the meaning ‘mental attitude or bearing’, was a word at the forefront of consciousness, but there was uncertainty as to form between morale (an early 19c respelling preserving the sound of the French word and distinguishing it from the other meanings of moral) and the spelling moral, reintroduced towards the end of the 19c for this meaning on the grounds that morale was artificial and not the form of the word in this meaning in French. In the fullness of time, the form morale, together with its French-like pronunciation, which Fowler recommended, has prevailed, and few today will realize that there was ever a problem. However, the story affords a colourful glimpse of the interaction between two great languages.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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