major

larger (superlative: el major / la major—largest)

older (superlative: el major / la major—oldest)

ca-adj

major m or f (masculine and feminine plural majors)


major

cs-noun

major m anim (relational adjective majorský)

majorský (adjective relational)
major (nominative singular)
majoři (nominative plural)
majora (genitive singular)
majorů (genitive plural)
majorovi (dative singular)
majoru (dative singular)
majorům (dative plural)
majora (accusative singular)
majory (accusative plural)
majore (singular vocative)
majoři (plural vocative)
majorovi (locative singular)
majoru (locative singular)
majorech (locative plural)
majorem (instrumental singular)
majory (instrumental plural)


major

The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

2013 June 13, Karen McVeigh, “US supreme court rules human genes cannot be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:

Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.

the major part of the assembly

(attributive):
Greater in number, quantity, or extent.

Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.

to earn some major cash

Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.

to suffer from a major illness

(medicine) Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.

major children

Of full legal age, having attained majority.

(education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.

major scale

Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. (of a scale)

major third

Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)

major triad

(postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.

(campanology) Bell changes rung on eight bells.

(UK, dated) Indicating the elder of two brothers, appended to a surname in public schools.

Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)

Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. (of a premise)

en-adj

major (comparative more major, superlative most major)

more major (comparative)
most major (superlative)
majour (alternative)

প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক

of full legal age; having attained majority

durový

music: containing the note which is a major third above the tonic

From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.


major

He used to be a major in the army.

(military) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.

Meronyms: drum major, trumpet major

An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.

(campanology) A system of change-ringing using eight bells.

At the end of last year, the band re-signed to XL for another three albums, despite being chased by majors that included Island, says manager Mike Champion of Midi Management.

1997, Dominic Pride, “U.S. success caps global impact of XL's prodigy”, in Billboard, volume 109, number 30, page 86:

A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.

Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.

(education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.

She is a math major.

A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.

(Canadian football) A touchdown, or major score.

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(British slang, dated) An elder brother (especially at a public school).

(entomology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.

(obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.

pääaineopiskelija

student specializing in a specified subject


major

(intransitive) Used in a phrasal verb: major in.

en-verb

major (third-person singular simple present majors, present participle majoring, simple past and past participle majored)

majors (present singular third-person)
majoring (participle present)
majored (participle past)
majored (past)
majour (alternative)


major

head

major (genitive majori, partitive majorit)

majori (genitive)
majorit (partitive)
major (nominative singular)
majorid (nominative plural)
major (accusative nominative singular)
majorid (accusative nominative plural)
majori (accusative genitive singular)
majorid (accusative genitive plural)
majori (genitive singular)
majorite (genitive plural)
majorit (partitive singular)
majoreid (partitive plural)
majorisse (illative singular)
majoritesse (illative plural)
majoreisse (illative plural)
majoris (inessive singular)
majorites (inessive plural)
majoreis (inessive plural)
majorist (elative singular)
majoritest (elative plural)
majoreist (elative plural)
majorile (allative singular)
majoritele (allative plural)
majoreile (allative plural)
majoril (adessive singular)
majoritel (adessive plural)
majoreil (adessive plural)
majorilt (ablative singular)
majoritelt (ablative plural)
majoreilt (ablative plural)
majoriks (singular translative)
majoriteks (plural translative)
majoreiks (plural translative)
majorini (singular terminative)
majoriteni (plural terminative)
majorina (essive singular)
majoritena (essive plural)
majorita (abessive singular)
majoriteta (abessive plural)
majoriga (comitative singular)
majoritega (comitative plural)

Borrowed from German Major, from Spanish, from Latin maior.


major

non-commissioned officer
non-commissioned officer

(France) the highest non-commissioned officer rank: sergeant major, “major”

(North America, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg) major (field officer rank)

From Middle French major, from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior. Doublet of maire, majeur, and mayeur. The use for a non-commissioned officer in the French army (since 1972) is a short form of adjudant-major or sergent-major.


major

majorok (plural)
major (nominative singular)
majorok (nominative plural)
majort (accusative singular)
majorokat (accusative plural)
majornak (dative singular)
majoroknak (dative plural)
majorral (instrumental singular)
majorokkal (instrumental plural)
majorért (causal-final singular)
majorokért (causal-final plural)
majorrá (singular translative)
majorokká (plural translative)
majorig (singular terminative)
majorokig (plural terminative)
majorként (essive-formal singular)
majorokként (essive-formal plural)
majorban (inessive singular)
majorokban (inessive plural)
majoron (singular superessive)
majorokon (plural superessive)
majornál (adessive singular)
majoroknál (adessive plural)
majorba (illative singular)
majorokba (illative plural)
majorra (singular sublative)
majorokra (plural sublative)
majorhoz (allative singular)
majorokhoz (allative plural)
majorból (elative singular)
majorokból (elative plural)
majorról (delative singular)
majorokról (delative plural)
majortól (ablative singular)
majoroktól (ablative plural)
majoré (singular)
majoroké (plural)
majoréi (singular)
majorokéi (plural)
majorom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
majorjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
majorod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
majorjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
majorja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
majorjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
majorunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
majorjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
majorotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
majorjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
majorjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
majorjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Bavarian [Term?], compare Middle High German meier, Old High German meior, meiū̌r, standard German Meier (“administrator or leaseholder of a manor”); ultimately from Latin maior (“greater; leader”). The semantic shift from the person to the place is unclear; either via their identification, or by a clipping of a derivation like majorság, majorház, majorszoba. The German equivalent terms for the place are Meierhof and Meierei (“feudal manor”).


major

majus (neuter)
magnus (positive)
major (feminine masculine nominative singular)
majus (neuter nominative singular)
majōrēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
majōra (neuter nominative plural)
majōris (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
majōrum (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
majōrī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
majōribus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
majōrem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
majus (accusative neuter singular)
majōrēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
majōrīs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
majōra (accusative neuter plural)
majōre (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
majōrī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
majōribus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
major (feminine masculine singular vocative)
majus (neuter singular vocative)
majōrēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
majōra (neuter plural vocative)


major

mjr (abbreviation)
major (nominative singular)
majorowie (nominative plural)
majorzy (nominative plural)
majora (genitive singular)
majorów (genitive plural)
majorowi (dative singular)
majorom (dative plural)
majora (accusative singular)
majorów (accusative plural)
majorem (instrumental singular)
majorami (instrumental plural)
majorze (locative singular)
majorach (locative plural)
majorze (singular vocative)
majorowie (plural vocative)
majorzy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Major, from Latin māior. Doublet of mer (“mayor”).


major

Borrowed from French major. Doublet of maior.


major

brown-chested martin
brown-chested martin

(Brazil) brown-chested martin (Progne tapera)


major

ro-adj

major m or n (feminine singular majoră, masculine plural majori, feminine and neuter plural majore)

majoră (feminine singular)
majori (masculine plural)
majore (feminine neuter plural)
major (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
majoră (feminine indefinite singular)
majori (indefinite masculine singular)
majore (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
majorul (definite masculine neuter singular)
majora (definite feminine singular)
majorii (definite masculine singular)
majorele (definite feminine neuter plural)
majore (feminine indefinite singular)
majorului (definite masculine neuter singular)
majorei (definite feminine singular)
majorilor (definite masculine singular)
majorelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from French majeur, from Latin maior. Doublet of maior and possibly mare.


major

(military, Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croatian) major (rank)

màjōr (canonical masculine)
ма̀јо̄р (Cyrillic)
màjōr (nominative singular)
majori (nominative plural)
majóra (genitive singular)
majora (genitive plural)
majoru (dative singular)
majorima (dative plural)
majora (accusative singular)
majore (accusative plural)
mȁjōre (singular vocative)
majori (plural vocative)
majoru (locative singular)
majorima (locative plural)
majorom (instrumental singular)
majorima (instrumental plural)

Borrowed from German Major, from Latin māior.


major

a Squadron Leader (in the British Royal Air Force)

major (indefinite nominative singular)
majors (genitive indefinite singular)
majoren (definite nominative singular)
majorens (definite genitive singular)
majorer (indefinite nominative plural)
majorers (genitive indefinite plural)
majorerna (definite nominative plural)
majorernas (definite genitive plural)