moratorium

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See also: Moratorium and moratórium

English

WOTD – 12 April 2010

Etymology

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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/, /ˌmɔː.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

moratorium (plural moratoriums or moratoria)

  1. (law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
  2. A suspension of an ongoing activity.
    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:
      If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.

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Danish

Alternative forms

Noun

moratorium n (singular definite moratoriet, plural indefinite moratorier)

  1. moratorium

Declension

Declension of moratorium
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative moratorium moratoriet moratorier moratorierne
genitive moratoriums moratoriets moratoriers moratoriernes

Synonyms

  • (suspension of payments): henstand
  • (suspension of an ongoing activity): stop

References

French

Pronunciation

Noun

moratorium m (plural moratoriums)

  1. moratorium

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Noun

moratorium n (definite singular moratoriet, indefinite plural moratorier, definite plural moratoria or moratoriene)

  1. moratorium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

moratorium n (definite singular moratoriet, indefinite plural moratorium, definite plural moratoria)

  1. moratorium

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.raˈtɔ.rjum/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrjum
  • Syllabification: mo‧ra‧to‧rium

Noun

moratorium n

  1. moratorium

Declension

Declension of moratorium
singular plural
nominative moratorium moratoria
genitive moratorium moratoriów
dative moratorium moratoriom
accusative moratorium moratoria
instrumental moratorium moratoriami
locative moratorium moratoriach
vocative moratorium moratoria

Further reading

  • moratorium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • moratorium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

moratorium n

  1. moratorium

Declension

Declension of moratorium
nominative genitive
singular indefinite moratorium moratoriums
definite moratoriet moratoriets
plural indefinite moratorier moratoriers
definite moratorierna moratoriernas

References

Wikious
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