moratoire
French, noun/mɔ.ʁa.twaʁ/
moratoire is spelled M-O-R-A-T-O-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moratoire is a French masculine noun meaning “moratorium (suspension of an ongoing activity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Moratorium, suspension momentanée des paiements, autorisée par un décret ou une loi dans certaines…”.
What does moratoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoratorium (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui formule ou qui établit un délai, dilatoire.
noun: 1. Moratorium, suspension momentanée des paiements, autorisée par un décret ou une loi dans certaines circonstances. 2. Délai qu’on se donne a priori avant d’appliquer, de modifier, une décision ; suspension jusqu’à nouvel ordre durant ce délai.
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 moratoire
- moratoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moratoire?
- /mɔ.ʁa.twaʁ/
- \mɔ.ʁa.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moratoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moratoire in French?
moratoire appears 1.4 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).