"major" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ma.ʒɔʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-major.wav Forms: majors [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|major}} Middle French major, {{der|fr|es|mayor}} Spanish mayor, {{der|fr|la|maior}} Latin maior, {{doublet|fr|maire|majeur|mayeur}} Doublet of maire, majeur, and mayeur, {{m|fr|adjudant-major}} adjudant-major, {{m|fr|sergent-major}} sergent-major Head templates: {{fr-noun|mf}} major m or f (plural majors)
  1. (France) the highest non-commissioned officer rank: sergeant major, “major” Tags: France, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-major-fr-noun-Dx2-5NO3 Disambiguation of Military: 68 32 Categories (other): French French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg) major (field officer rank) Tags: Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Switzerland, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-major-fr-noun-PsYTOBVu Categories (other): Belgian French, Canadian French, Luxembourgish French, Swiss French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: maj, Maj, maj., Maj.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for major meaning in French (3.3kB)

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