moderation

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• General-American: mŏd'ə-rāʹ-shən
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• General-American: /ˌmɑdəˈɹeɪʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɒdəˈɹeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: M AA2 D ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Latin *med-der.? Latin *-osder.? Latin moderō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin moderātiō Old French moderacion Middle French [Term?]bor. English moderation Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moderātiō. By surface analysis, moderate + ion.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِعْتِدَال (iʕtidāl) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Bulgarian: умереност (umerenost) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Bulgarian: сдържаност (sdǎržanost) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Catalan: moderació — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Chinese Mandarin: 適度 /适度 (shìdù) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Czech: umírněnost — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Danish: moderation — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Danish: mådehold — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Finnish: maltillisuus — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• French: modération — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Galician: moderación — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Galician: mesura — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• German: Maßhalten — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌴𐌹 (anawiljei) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Greek: μέτρο (métro) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Ancient Greek: μετριότης (metriótēs) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Indonesian: kelunakan — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Indonesian: moderasi — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Italian: moderazione — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Korean: 절제 (jeolje) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Latin: modestia — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Latin: temperantia — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Malay: penyederhanaan — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Norwegian Bokmål: moderasjon — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Norwegian Nynorsk: moderasjon — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Old English: metegung — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Old English: sȳfernes — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Old Norse: hóf — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Polish: umiar — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Polish: wstrzemięźliwość — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Portuguese: moderação — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Romagnol: régula — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Romanian: moderație — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Romanian: cumpătare — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Spanish: moderación — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Swedish: måtta — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Swedish: återhållsamhet — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Swedish: hejd — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Swedish: måttfullhet — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Turkish: itidal — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Ottoman Turkish: اعتدال (i’tidâl) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Ukrainian: поміркованість (pomirkovanistʹ) — state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
• Finnish: kohtuus — instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes
• French: modération — instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes
• Galician: moderación — instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes
• German: Mäßigung — instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes
• Italian: moderazione — instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes
• Korean: 완화 (wanhwa) — instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes
• Old English: metegung — instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes
• Romanian: moderare — instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes
• Bulgarian: модерация (moderacija) — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation
• German: Diskussionsleitung — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation
• Hebrew: פיקוח (pikúakh) — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation
• Indonesian: moderasi — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation
• Italian: moderazione — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation
• Korean: 사회 (sahoe) — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation
• Polish: moderacja — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation
• Romanian: prezidare — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation
• Romanian: regulare — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation
• Swedish: moderering — moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation