golden mean

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• UK: gōld'ən mēn
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• UK: /ˈɡəʊl.dən ˈmiːn/
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Calque of Latin aurea mediocritās.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: daurat punt mitjà — balance between excess and deficiency
• Chinese Mandarin: 中庸 (zhōngyōng) — balance between excess and deficiency
• Danish: den gyldne middelvej — balance between excess and deficiency
• Dutch: gulden middenweg — balance between excess and deficiency
• Dutch: juiste middenweg — balance between excess and deficiency
• Finnish: kultainen keskitie — balance between excess and deficiency
• French: juste milieu — balance between excess and deficiency
• German: goldener Mittelweg — balance between excess and deficiency
• German: goldene Mitte — balance between excess and deficiency
• Hungarian: arany középút — balance between excess and deficiency
• Latin: aurea mediocritas — balance between excess and deficiency
• Norwegian Bokmål: den gylne middelvei — balance between excess and deficiency
• Norwegian Nynorsk: den gylne middelvegen — balance between excess and deficiency
• Polish: złoty środek — balance between excess and deficiency
• Russian: золотая середи́на (zolotaja seredína) — balance between excess and deficiency
• Swedish: gyllene medelväg — balance between excess and deficiency
• Ukrainian: золота́ середи́на (zolotá seredýna) — balance between excess and deficiency