moratorium

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”). See also moratory.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/, /ˌmɔː.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/
• (US) IPA: /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹiəm/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

moratorium (plural moratoriums or moratoria)

1. (law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]
2. 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.

Translations

authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments

• Arabic: استمهال (ar) (istimhal)
• Danish: moratorium (da) n
• Finnish: lyhennysvapaus (fi)
• French: moratoire (fr) m
• German: Moratorium (de) n
• Icelandic: greiðslustöðvun (is) f; frestur (is) m; stöðvun (is) f
• Italian: moratoria (it) f

• Norwegian: moratorium (no) n
• Portuguese: moratória (pt) f
• Russian: мораторий (ru) (moratórij) m, отсрочка по платежам и финансовым обязательствам (ru) (otsróčka po platežám i finánsovym objazátelʹstvam) f
• Spanish: moratoria (es) f

suspension of an ongoing activity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暫停 (cmn), 暂停 (cmn) (zàntíng), 中止 (cmn) (zhōngzhǐ), 停止 (cmn) (tíngzhǐ)

• Finnish: keskeytys (fi), kielto (fi)
• French: moratoire (fr) m

• German: Moratorium (de) n
• Japanese: モラトリアム (ja) (moratoriamu), 停止 (ja) (ていし, teishi)
• Norwegian: moratorium (no) n
• Russian: мораторий (ru) (moratórij) m
• Spanish: moratoria (es) f

External links

• Moratorium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Moratorium in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

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Danish

Noun

moratorium n (singular definite moratoriet, plural indefinite moratorier)

1. moratorium

Inflection

    Inflection of moratorium

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	moratorium	moratoriet	moratorier	moratorierne
genitive	moratoriums	moratoriets	moratoriers	moratoriernes

Synonyms

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

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

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