moratorium
See also: Moratorium and moratórium
English edit
Etymology edit
New Latin from Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of the neuter of morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), from Latin moror (“I delay”), from mora (“delay”), from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”). See also moratory.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/, /ˌmɔː.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/
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Noun edit
moratorium (plural moratoriums or moratoria)
- (law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]
- A suspension of an ongoing activity. [from 20th c.]
- Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.
- 1990, Gerhard Falk, Murder, an Analysis of its Forms, Conditions, and Causes, McFarland:
- It so happened that at that time the moratorium on the death penalty caused by the Supreme Court decision in the Furman case was still in effect.
- 2023 March 22, “Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter”, in Future of Life Institute[1]:
- If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.
Synonyms edit
- (suspension of an ongoing activity): hiatus, interruption, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
Translations edit
authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
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suspension of an ongoing activity
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Further reading edit
- Moratorium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Moratorium in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
moratorium n (singular definite moratoriet, plural indefinite moratorier)
Declension edit
Declension of moratorium
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | moratorium | moratoriet | moratorier | moratorierne |
genitive | moratoriums | moratoriets | moratoriers | moratoriernes |
Synonyms edit
References edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
moratorium m (plural moratoriums)
Further reading edit
- “moratorium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
moratorium n (definite singular moratoriet, indefinite plural moratorier, definite plural moratoria or moratoriene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
moratorium n (definite singular moratoriet, indefinite plural moratorium, definite plural moratoria)
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moratorium n
Declension edit
Declension of moratorium
singular | plural | |
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nominative | moratorium | moratoria |
genitive | moratorium | moratoriów |
dative | moratorium | moratoriom |
accusative | moratorium | moratoria |
instrumental | moratorium | moratoriami |
locative | moratorium | moratoriach |
vocative | moratorium | moratoria |
Further reading edit
- moratorium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- moratorium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish edit
Noun edit
moratorium n
Declension edit
Declension of moratorium | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | moratorium | moratoriet | moratorier | moratorierna |
Genitive | moratoriums | moratoriets | moratoriers | moratoriernas |