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moder

Syllables: mod·er/ˈmɔːd.ə//ˈmɒd.ə/

moder verb: to moderate.

Verb

moder (third-person singular simple present moders, present participle modering, simple past and past participle modered)

  1. (obsolete) To moderate.

Proper noun capitalized: Moder

Moder (plural Moders)

  1. A surname.

moder meaning in Tamil

moder in Tamil

அமில நடுமநிலை

Forms of moder

Verb
third-person singular presentmoders
present participlemodering
past participlemodered
pastmodered
Proper noun
pluralModers

Origin of moder

Clipping of moderate.

Various origins: * Borrowed from German Moder, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *mōdaz (“boldness, courage”) + *harjaz (“army”). * Borrowed from Slovak Móder, an occupational surname from Middle High German mader (“reaper”). * Borrowed from Polish Moder, from Middle Low German mōder (“mother, womb; mare”). * Borrowed from Slovene Moder, a nickname for a wise man, from moder (“wise, prudent”). * Borrowed from Swedish Modér, an ornamental surname whose first element is from mo (“sandy heath”).

Words that rhyme with moder

Questions about moder

What does moder mean?
Moder means to moderate.
What is moder in Tamil?
Moder in Tamil is அமில நடுமநிலை. See Moder meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is moder?
Moder can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce moder?
Moder is pronounced /ˈmɒd.ə/ (UK).
What is the past tense of moder?
The past tense of moder is modered.

Words near moder in the dictionary

  1. modemmed
  2. modemming
  3. modems
  4. modena
  5. Modenese
  6. moder
  7. moderable
  8. moderacy
  9. moderance
  10. moderant
  11. moderantism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moder (page history and authors); Moder (page history and authors); moder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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