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English

Alternative forms

• moderatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin moder?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?d???e?t?(?)/

Noun

moderator (plural moderators)

1. someone who moderates

   • Angling was […] a moderator of passions.

   1. an arbitrator or mediator
   2. the chair or president of a meeting etc.
   3. (Internet) A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc.

      Synonym: mod

2. the person who presides over a synod of a Presbyterian Church
3. (physics) a substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission
4. a device used to deaden some of the noise from a firearm, although not to the same extent as a suppressor or silencer.
5. (Britain) An examiner at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
6. (Ireland) At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
7. (Britain) someone who supervises and monitors the setting and marking of examinations by different people to ensure consistency of standards.
8. A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
9. (historical) A kind of lamp in which the flow of the oil to the wick is regulated.

Translations

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch moderator, from Latin moder?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mod??rat?r]
• Hyphenation: mo?dê?ra?tor

Noun

moderator (first-person possessive moderatorku, second-person possessive moderatormu, third-person possessive moderatornya)

1. moderator:
   1. someone who moderates: an arbitrator or mediator;
   2. someone who moderates: the chair or president of a meeting.

      Synonym: pemandu

   3. (engineering) a substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission

Derived terms

Further reading

• “moderator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mo.de?ra?.tor/, [m?d????ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.de?ra.tor/, [m?d??????t??r]

Noun

moder?tor m (genitive moder?t?ris); third declension

1. manager, ruler, governor, director
2. moderator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

moder?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of moder?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of moder?

Descendants

• English: moderator
• French: modérateur
• Italian: moderatore
• Portuguese: moderador
• Spanish: moderador

References

• moderator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• moderator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• moderator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• moderator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French modérateur, from Latin moderatore.

Noun

moderator n (plural moderatori)

1. moderator

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

moderator m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. moderator

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo?d/
• Rhymes: -??d
• Homophone: mowed

Etymology 1

From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.

Noun

mode (plural modes)

1. (music) One of several ancient Greek scales.
2. (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
3. A particular means of accomplishing something.
   • 1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society (volume 9, page 205)

     An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.

4. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.

   After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.

5. (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
6. (mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
7. (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.

   Hyponyms: emulation mode, immediate mode, local emulation mode, protected mode, real mode, retained mode, strict mode

8. (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.

9. (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
10. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

    Synonyms: mood, grammatical mood

    Hyponyms: imperative mode, indicative mode, infinitive mode, subjunctive mode

11. (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
12. (textiles) In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
13. (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
14. (obsolete) A woman's mantle with a hood.

Derived terms

• (grammar): See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
• (music): Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From French mode (feminine).

Noun

mode (plural modes)

1. Style or fashion; popular trend.

   Her wardrobe is always in mode.

   • 1922, Edith Van Dyne, Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman (chapter 4)

     The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• bimodal distribution
• median
• mean
• modal

Anagrams

• E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, demo, demo-, dome

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?m?.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?m?.de/

Noun

mode m (plural modes)

1. modus
2. way
3. (grammar) mood

Danish

Etymology

From French mode, from Latin modus (“manner, method”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?d?/, [?mo?ð?]

Noun

mode c (singular definite moden, plural indefinite moder)

1. fashion

Inflection

Further reading

• mode on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mode, from Latin modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?.d?/
• Hyphenation: mo?de
• Rhymes: -o?d?

Noun

mode f (plural modes, diminutive modetje n)

1. fashion, trend

   Het staat je vrij om de mode te volgen in België en Nederland — You're free to follow fashion in Belgium and the Netherlands.

2. (obsolete) custom, tradition, manner

Derived terms

• burgermode
• damesmode
• haarmode
• herenmode
• kindermode
• modeartikel
• modebewust
• modeblad
• modegek
• modegril
• modekleur
• modekwaal
• modemaakster
• modemagazijn
• modenaaister
• modeontwerp
• modeontwerper
• modeplaat
• modepop
• modeshow
• modesnufje
• modetint
• modetrend
• modevak
• modeverschijnsel
• modewinkel
• modewoord
• modezaak
• modezot
• modezucht
• modieus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mode
• ? Indonesian: mode
• ? West Frisian: moade

Anagrams

• doem, moed

Esperanto

Etymology

From modo +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mode/
• Hyphenation: mo?de
• Rhymes: -ode

Adverb

mode

1. fashionably
   • 1937, British Esperantist:

   • 2002, Julian Modest, "La glita kaj dan?era vojo," La Ondo de Esperanto:

   • 2003, Thierry Salomon, "La mondolingvo," Monato:

Synonyms

• la?mode

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mode/, [?mo?de?]
• Rhymes: -ode
• Syllabification: mo?de

Noun

mode

1. (colloquial) Synonym of moderaattori.

Declension

Anagrams

• Edmo, demo

French

Etymology

From Middle French mode, from Old French mode f, ultimately from Latin modus m. The masculine gender was reintroduced for some senses during the Middle French period under influence of the Latin. Doublet of mœuf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?d/

Noun

mode f (plural modes)

1. fashion, trend

Derived terms

• à la mode
• défilé de mode
• passé de mode
• tripes à la mode de Caen

Descendants

Noun

mode m (plural modes)

1. method, means, way, mode

2. (grammar) mode, mood

   Synonym: mœuf

3. (statistics) mode (most common value)

Derived terms

Anagrams

• démo, dôme

Further reading

• “mode” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch mode f, from Middle French mode f, from Latin modus m. Doublet of model, modern, modul, and modus.
• Semantic loan from English mode in electronics and computing sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mo.d?]
• Hyphenation: mo?dê

Noun

modê (plural mode-mode, first-person possessive modeku, second-person possessive modemu, third-person possessive modenya)

1. mode, style or fashion; popular trend.

   Synonym: fesyen

2. mode,
   1. (electronics) a series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
   2. (computing) one of various related sets of rules for processing data.

Related terms

Further reading

• “mode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

mode f

1. plural of moda

Anagrams

• demo

Latin

Noun

mode

1. vocative singular of modus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mod, mood, moode

Etymology 1

From Old English m?d, from Proto-Germanic *m?daz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?d/
• Rhymes: -o?d

Noun

mode (plural modes)

1. Activity within one's mind or brain:
   1. One's current mindset or feelings; mood:
      1. Fortitude, braveness, bravery, heart.
      2. Vainness, proudness; the display of conceit.
      3. Sadness, lamenting; the state of being sad or upset.
      4. Angriness, ire, resentment.
   2. One's mental capacity or intellect; the fount of reasoning.
   3. One's overall or overarching feelings; an opinion or will.
   4. What one currently wants or likes; a goal or aim
   5. One's motivation or willpower; resoluteness.
   6. (rare) Part of one's thought process.
2. A person's nature or temperament; that which defines one's behaviour.
3. One's visible nature; the appearance of someone.
4. (rare) One's actions as a whole; the way one behaves.
5. (rare) Writing or speaking; communication.
6. (rare) An enterprise or endeavour.

Related terms

• drerimod
• mody
• modilich
• modinesse

Descendants

• English: mood
• Scots: mude, muid

References

• “m??d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

Adjective

mode (rare)

1. Vain, boastful, conceited.
2. Upset, distressed.

References

• “m??de, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

Etymology 2

From Old French mode, from Latin modus.

Alternative forms

• mood, moode, moodd, moede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??d(?)/, /?mo?d(?)/

Noun

mode (plural modes) (Late Middle English)

1. Grammatical mood or modality.
2. (rare) Songs; pieces or sources of music.

References

• “m?d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

Descendants

• English: mode, mood

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mode f (plural modes)

1. (Jersey) fashion

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French mode (“fashion, trend”), from Middle French mode, from Old French mode f, from Latin modus m (“measure, manner; bound, mood”), from Proto-Italic *mod?s, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-?s (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??d/
• Rhymes: -??d
• Hyphenation: mode

Adverb

mode

1. Only used in à la mode (“a la mode”)
2. Only used in a la mode (“a la mode”)

Anagrams

• demo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• modent

Adjective

mode

1. neuter singular of moden

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

mode

1. inflection of modati (“to rejoice”):
   1. optative active singular
   2. first-person singular present/imperative middle

Swedish

Etymology

From French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mu?d?/

Noun

mode n

1. fashion, a fashion trend

Declension

Related terms

• höstmode
• modelejon
• modetidning
• vårmode

See also

• mod