"majeur" meaning in All languages combined

See majeur on Wiktionary

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ma.ʒœʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-majeur.wav Forms: majeure [feminine], majeurs [masculine, plural], majeures [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -œʁ Etymology: From Middle French majeur, a borrowing from Latin māior (“larger, greater”). Doublet of maire, major, and mayeur. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|majeur}} Middle French majeur, {{der|fr|la|māior||larger, greater}} Latin māior (“larger, greater”), {{doublet|fr|maire|major|mayeur}} Doublet of maire, major, and mayeur Head templates: {{fr-adj|f=e}} majeur (feminine majeure, masculine plural majeurs, feminine plural majeures)
  1. greater, larger, more important
    Sense id: en-majeur-fr-adj-Ga-Pmeyf
  2. (by extension) of great importance, main, major, principal, greatest Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-majeur-fr-adj-OOfsPv2m
  3. major, adult, of age (who has attained the age of majority, who is over the legal age of majority)
    Sense id: en-majeur-fr-adj-duq~PMKB Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 11 39 4 25 2
  4. (music) major Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-majeur-fr-adj-ZVimozed Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: junior majeur, force majeure

Noun [French]

IPA: /ma.ʒœʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-majeur.wav Forms: majeurs [plural]
Rhymes: -œʁ Etymology: From Middle French majeur, a borrowing from Latin māior (“larger, greater”). Doublet of maire, major, and mayeur. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|majeur}} Middle French majeur, {{der|fr|la|māior||larger, greater}} Latin māior (“larger, greater”), {{doublet|fr|maire|major|mayeur}} Doublet of maire, major, and mayeur Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} majeur m (plural majeurs)
  1. an adult (as defined by the age of majority) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-majeur-fr-noun-WRL8SBXK
  2. middle finger Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Fingers
    Sense id: en-majeur-fr-noun-rTAiwi9g Disambiguation of Fingers: 0 1 16 1 2 80

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for majeur meaning in All languages combined (5.0kB)

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