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”), from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”). See also moratory.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/, /ˌmɔː.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/
• IPA^(key): /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (AU):

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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: اِسْتِمْهَال (istimhāl)
• Danish: moratorium (da) n
• Finnish: lyhennysvapaus
• French: moratoire (fr) m
• German: Moratorium (de) n
• Icelandic: greiðslustöðvun f; frestur (is) m; stöðvun (is) f
• Italian: moratoria (it) f
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• Korean: 지불정지 (jibuljeongji), 지불연기 (jiburyeon'gi), 지불유예 (jiburyuye)
• Norwegian: moratorium n
• Occitan: moratòri m
• Portuguese: moratória (pt) f
• Russian: морато́рий (ru) m (moratórij), отсро́чка по платежа́м и фина́нсовым обяза́тельствам f (otsróčka po platežám i finánsovym objazátelʹstvam)
• Spanish: moratoria (es) f

suspension of an ongoing activity

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: keskeytys (fi), kielto (fi)
• French: moratoire (fr) m
• German: Moratorium (de) n
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• Japanese: モラトリアム (ja) (moratoriamu), 停止 (ja) (ていし, teishi)
• Maori: auporotanga
• Norwegian: moratorium n
• Russian: морато́рий (ru) m (moratórij)
• Spanish: moratoria (es) f
• Swedish: moratorium (sv) n

Further reading

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Danish

Alternative forms

• moratorie

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

• “moratorium” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “moratorium” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Polish

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

References

• Template:R:PWN

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Swedish

Noun

moratorium n

1. moratorium

Declension

Declension of moratorium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	moratorium	moratoriet	moratorier	moratorierna
Genitive	moratoriums	moratoriets	moratoriers	moratoriernas

References

• moratorium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• moratorium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)