modération
French, noun/mɔ.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
modération is spelled M-O-D-É-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modération is a French feminine noun meaning “moderation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vertu qui porte à garder une sage mesure en toutes choses”.
What does modération mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertu qui porte à garder une sage mesure en toutes choses. 2. Retranchement, diminution d’un prix ou d’une taxe. 3. Adoucissement, mitigation. 4. Présentation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of modération
- modérations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modération?
- /mɔ.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \mɔ.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
- [mɔ.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modération
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modération in French?
modération appears 8.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).