moderál

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin moderātus, perfect active participle of moderor (regulate, restrain, moderate), from moder-, modes-, a stem appearing also in modestus (moderate, discreet, modest), from modus (measure).[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

Verb

moderál

  1. (transitive) to moderate (to cause to be less extreme)
    Synonyms: enyhít, mérsékel
  2. (reflexively, as moderálja magát, with definite conjugation) to control oneself
    Moderáld magad!Control yourself! Watch your language!
  3. (transitive) to moderate (to preside over a meeting, discussion)
    Synonyms: irányít, szabályoz

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References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • moderál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN