name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
moder
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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mŏd′ər
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New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd.ə/
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/ˈmɔːd.ə/ older Received Pronunciation
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New-Zealand: /ˈmɒd.ɐ/
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New-Zealand: /ˈmɒd.a/
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General-American, Scotland: /ˈmɔd.əɹ/
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General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˈmɑd.əɹ/
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Canada: /ˈmɒd.əɹ/
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Canada, cot-caught-merger: /ˈmɑd.əɹ/
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Australian: /ˈmɔd.ə/
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India: /ˈmɔɖ.ər/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɒdə(ɹ)
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homophone: modder
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CMU ARPABET: M OW1 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To moderate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Various origins: * Borrowed from German Moder, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *mōdaz (“boldness, courage”) + *harjaz (“army”). * Borrowed from Slovak Móder, an occupational surname from Middle High German mader (“reaper”). * Borrowed from Polish Moder, from Middle Low German mōder (“mother, womb; mare”). * Borrowed from Slovene Moder, a nickname for a wise man, from moder (“wise, prudent”). * Borrowed from Swedish Modér, an ornamental surname whose first element is from mo (“sandy heath”).
Clipping of moderate.
Real reading context