See majorette in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "marjoret"
}
],
"lang": "Cebuano",
"lang_code": "ceb",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "mardyoret"
},
{
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "majorette"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "major",
"3": "ette",
"id2": "female"
},
"expansion": "major + -ette",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "marjoret"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of marjoret",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Short for drum majorette, equivalent to major + -ette. Doublet of marjoret.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "majorettes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "majorette (plural majorettes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ma",
"jor",
"ette"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ette (female)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Dance",
"orig": "en:Dance",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "majoretting"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A female dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band."
],
"id": "en-majorette-en-noun-en:Q903218",
"links": [
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"dancer",
"dancer"
],
[
"twirls",
"twirls"
],
[
"stunt",
"stunt"
],
[
"baton",
"baton"
],
[
"solo",
"solo"
],
[
"marching band",
"marching band"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(originally US) A female dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "Rangerette"
},
{
"word": "marching band"
},
{
"word": "cheerleader"
},
{
"word": "twirler"
}
],
"senseid": [
"en:Q903218"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "rāqiṣa",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "رَاقِصَة"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mažoretka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "majorette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Tanzmariechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gardetänzerin"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "dancer",
"word": "mazsorett"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "mažorétka",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мажоре́тка"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mażoretka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bastonera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cachiporrista"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palillona"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "batonista"
}
],
"wikidata": [
"Q903218"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈɹɛt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛt"
}
],
"word": "majorette"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "majoretting"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "marjoret"
}
],
"lang": "Cebuano",
"lang_code": "ceb",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "mardyoret"
},
{
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "majorette"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "major",
"3": "ette",
"id2": "female"
},
"expansion": "major + -ette",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "marjoret"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of marjoret",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Short for drum majorette, equivalent to major + -ette. Doublet of marjoret.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "majorettes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "majorette (plural majorettes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ma",
"jor",
"ette"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Rangerette"
},
{
"word": "marching band"
},
{
"word": "cheerleader"
},
{
"word": "twirler"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English female equivalent nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -ette (female)",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛt",
"Rhymes:English/ɛt/3 syllables",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"en:Dance",
"en:People"
],
"glosses": [
"A female dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band."
],
"links": [
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"dancer",
"dancer"
],
[
"twirls",
"twirls"
],
[
"stunt",
"stunt"
],
[
"baton",
"baton"
],
[
"solo",
"solo"
],
[
"marching band",
"marching band"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(originally US) A female dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band."
],
"senseid": [
"en:Q903218"
],
"wikidata": [
"Q903218"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈɹɛt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛt"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "rāqiṣa",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "رَاقِصَة"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mažoretka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "majorette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Tanzmariechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gardetänzerin"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "dancer",
"word": "mazsorett"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "mažorétka",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мажоре́тка"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mażoretka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bastonera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cachiporrista"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palillona"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "dancer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "batonista"
}
],
"word": "majorette"
}
Download raw JSONL data for majorette meaning in English (3.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.