"seniority" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /siːnɪˈɒɹɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sinˈjɔɹɪti/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seniority.wav Forms: seniorities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti Etymology: From Middle English senyoryte, from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior (“elder”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|senyoryte}} Middle English senyoryte, {{der|en|ML.|senioritas}} Medieval Latin senioritas, {{der|en|la|senior|t=elder}} Latin senior (“elder”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} seniority (countable and uncountable, plural seniorities)
  1. A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: anciennity, eldership Related terms: senate, senator, senior Translations (time): трудов стаж (trudov staž) [masculine] (Bulgarian), anciennitet [common-gender] (Danish), senioriteit [feminine] (Dutch), anciënniteit [feminine] (Dutch), ancienneté (French), séniorité [feminine] (French), Anciennität [feminine] (German), Seniorität [feminine] (German), αρχαιότητα (archaiótita) [feminine] (Greek), улуулук (uluuluk) (Kyrgyz), ansiennitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), стаж (staž) [masculine] (Russian), antigüedad [feminine] (Spanish), arraigo laboral [masculine] (Spanish), senioridad [feminine] (Spanish), anciennitet [common-gender] (Swedish), tjänsteålder [common-gender] (Swedish), thâm niên (Vietnamese), סטאַזש (stazh) (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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