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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdəɹət/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: mäd'ər-ət
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈmɑdəɹət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdəɹeɪt/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: mäd'ə-rāt
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• CMU ARPABET: M AA1 D ER0 AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English moderat(e) (“moderate, temperate”), borrowed from Latin moderātus, perfect active participle of moderor (“to regulate, to restrain, to moderate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from moder-, modes-, a stem appearing also in modestus (“moderate, discreet, modest”), from modus (“a measure”); see mode and modest. Doublet of moderato. Displaced native Old English ġemetlīċ (“moderate”) and metegian (“to moderate”). Cognate with French modéré.

From a substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

From Middle English moderaten (“to restrain, curb; (law) modify”), from moderat(e) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin moderātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُعْتَدِل (muʕtadil) — not excessive
• Azerbaijani: mötədil — not excessive
• Belarusian: памярко́ўны (pamjarkówny) — not excessive
• Belarusian: уме́раны (umjérany) — not excessive
• Belarusian: уме́рны (umjérny) — not excessive
• Belarusian: ме́рны (mjérny) — not excessive
• Belarusian: стры́маны (strýmany) — not excessive
• Bulgarian: уме́рен (uméren) — not excessive
• Catalan: moderat — not excessive
• Chinese Mandarin: 適中 /适中 (shìzhōng) — not excessive
• Czech: mírný — not excessive
• Czech: umírněný — not excessive
• Dutch: gematigd — not excessive
• Dutch: matig — not excessive
• Finnish: maltillinen — not excessive
• Finnish: kohtuullinen — not excessive
• Finnish: kohtalainen — not excessive
• Finnish: vaatimaton — not excessive
• French: modéré — not excessive
• Galician: moderado — not excessive
• Georgian: ზომიერი (zomieri) — not excessive
• German: moderat — not excessive
• German: mäßig — not excessive
• German: gemäßigt — not excessive
• Ancient Greek: μέτριος (métrios) — not excessive
• Hebrew: מתון (matún) — not excessive
• Hindi: मद्धम (maddham) — not excessive
• Hindi: मंद (mand) — not excessive
• Hungarian: mérsékelt — not excessive
• Irish: réasúnta — not excessive
• Italian: moderato — not excessive
• Japanese: 適度な (tekido na) — not excessive
• Kazakh: орташа (ortaşa) — not excessive
• Korean: 적당하다 (jeokdanghada) — not excessive
• Latin: modicus — not excessive
• Latin: modestus — not excessive
• Macedonian: умерен (umeren) — not excessive
• Norman: modéthé — not excessive
• Norwegian Bokmål: moderat — not excessive
• Norwegian Bokmål: laber — not excessive
• Norwegian Nynorsk: moderat — not excessive
• Norwegian Nynorsk: laber — not excessive
• Occitan: moderat — not excessive
• Old English: ġemetlīċ — not excessive
• Persian: معتدل (mo'tadel) — not excessive
• Polish: umiarkowany — not excessive
• Portuguese: moderado — not excessive
• Romanian: moderat — not excessive
• Russian: уме́ренный (umérennyj) — not excessive
• Russian: сде́ржанный (sdéržannyj) — not excessive
• Scottish Gaelic: cuibheasach — not excessive
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀мерен — not excessive
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀мјерен — not excessive
• Serbo-Croatian: ùmeren — not excessive
• Serbo-Croatian: ùmjeren — not excessive
• Slovak: mierny — not excessive
• Slovak: umiernený — not excessive
• Slovene: zmeren — not excessive
• Spanish: moderado — not excessive
• Spanish: comedido — not excessive
• Spanish: módico — not excessive
• Swedish: måttlig — not excessive
• Swedish: moderat — not excessive
• Tajik: мӯътадил (mü'tadil) — not excessive
• Thai: ปานกลาง — not excessive
• Thai: พอประมาณ — not excessive
• Ukrainian: вимірни́й (vymirnýj) — not excessive
• Ukrainian: помі́рний (pomírnyj) — not excessive
• Ukrainian: помірко́ваний (pomirkóvanyj) — not excessive
• Ukrainian: зде́ржаний (zdéržanyj) — not excessive
• Vietnamese: vừa phải — not excessive
• Vietnamese: phải chăng — not excessive
• Finnish: keskivaikea — pathology
• Belarusian: пасрэ́дны (pasrédny) — mediocre
• Belarusian: пасрэ́дні (pasrédni) — mediocre
• Bulgarian: посре́дствен (posrédstven) — mediocre
• Catalan: moderat — mediocre
• Chinese Mandarin: 中庸 (zhōngyōng) — mediocre
• Dutch: middelmatig — mediocre
• Dutch: matig — mediocre
• Dutch: doorsnee — mediocre
• Finnish: keskinkertainen — mediocre
• French: modéré — mediocre
• Galician: mediocre — mediocre
• German: mittelmäßig — mediocre
• German: mäßig — mediocre
• Italian: modesto — mediocre
• Latin: mediocris — mediocre
• Norman: modéthé — mediocre
• Romanian: mediocru — mediocre
• Romanian: mediocră — mediocre
• Romanian: mijlociu — mediocre
• Romanian: mijlocie — mediocre
• Romanian: mediu — mediocre
• Russian: посре́дственный (posrédstvennyj) — mediocre
• Russian: зауря́дный (zaurjádnyj) — mediocre
• Russian: сре́дний (srédnij) — mediocre
• Thai: พอใช้ (pɔɔ-chái) — mediocre
• Ukrainian: посере́дній (poserédnij) — mediocre
• Ukrainian: сере́дній (serédnij) — mediocre
• Ukrainian: аби́який (abýjakyj) — mediocre
• Azerbaijani: mötədil — having an intermediate position in politics
• Catalan: moderat — having an intermediate position in politics
• Czech: umírněný — having an intermediate position in politics
• Dutch: gematigd — having an intermediate position in politics
• Finnish: maltillinen — having an intermediate position in politics
• French: modéré — having an intermediate position in politics
• Galician: moderado — having an intermediate position in politics
• Georgian: ზომიერი (zomieri) — having an intermediate position in politics
• German: moderat — having an intermediate position in politics
• Hungarian: mérsékelt — having an intermediate position in politics
• Italian: moderato — having an intermediate position in politics
• Norman: modéthé — having an intermediate position in politics
• Polish: umiarkowany — having an intermediate position in politics
• Romanian: moderat — having an intermediate position in politics
• Romanian: centrist — having an intermediate position in politics
• Russian: уме́ренный (umérennyj) — having an intermediate position in politics
• Spanish: moderado — having an intermediate position in politics
• Ukrainian: помірко́ваний (pomirkóvanyj) — having an intermediate position in politics
• Bulgarian: центрист (centrist) — one who holds an intermediate position
• Dutch: gematigde — one who holds an intermediate position
• Finnish: maltillinen — one who holds an intermediate position
• French: modéré — one who holds an intermediate position
• Galician: centrista — one who holds an intermediate position
• Italian: moderato — one who holds an intermediate position
• Japanese: 穏健 (onken) — one who holds an intermediate position
• Persian: اعتدالیون (e'tedâliyyun) — one who holds an intermediate position
• Romanian: centrist — one who holds an intermediate position
• Romanian: centristă — one who holds an intermediate position
• Bulgarian: смекчавам (smekčavam) — to reduce the excessiveness
• Catalan: moderar — to reduce the excessiveness
• Dutch: matigen — to reduce the excessiveness
• Dutch: milderen — to reduce the excessiveness
• Dutch: temperen — to reduce the excessiveness
• Finnish: tasoittaa — to reduce the excessiveness
• Finnish: kohtuullistaa — to reduce the excessiveness
• French: modérer — to reduce the excessiveness
• Galician: moderar — to reduce the excessiveness
• Italian: moderare — to reduce the excessiveness
• Latin: moderor — to reduce the excessiveness
• Māori: whakaōrite — to reduce the excessiveness
• Old English: metegian — to reduce the excessiveness
• Romanian: modera — to reduce the excessiveness
• Spanish: moderar — to reduce the excessiveness
• Swedish: moderera — to reduce the excessiveness
• Swedish: dämpa — to reduce the excessiveness
• Bulgarian: смекчавам се (smekčavam se) — to become less excessive
• Dutch: zich matigen — to become less excessive
• Finnish: tasaantua — to become less excessive
• Finnish: tasoittua — to become less excessive
• French: modérer — to become less excessive
• Galician: moderar — to become less excessive
• Hebrew: התמתן — to become less excessive
• Spanish: moderar — to become less excessive
• Bulgarian: председателствам (predsedatelstvam) — to preside over as a moderator
• Catalan: moderar — to preside over as a moderator
• Czech: moderovat — to preside over as a moderator
• Dutch: modereren — to preside over as a moderator
• Finnish: juontaa — to preside over as a moderator
• Finnish: moderoida — to preside over as a moderator
• French: modérer — to preside over as a moderator
• Galician: moderar — to preside over as a moderator
• Italian: moderare — to preside over as a moderator
• Bulgarian: модерирам (moderiram) — to act as a moderator
• Dutch: modereren — to act as a moderator
• Dutch: bemiddelen — to act as a moderator
• Finnish: sovitella — to act as a moderator
• French: modérer — to act as a moderator
• Galician: moderar — to act as a moderator
• German: moderieren — to act as a moderator
• Italian: moderare — to act as a moderator
• Spanish: moderar — to act as a moderator