"majorité" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.te/ Audio: Fr-majorité.ogg Forms: majorités [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin māiōritātem. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|ML.|māiōritās|māiōritātem}} Medieval Latin māiōritātem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} majorité f (plural majorités)
  1. majority (more than half) Tags: feminine Synonyms: la plupart
    Sense id: en-majorité-fr-noun-fKI~VqkW Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 94 6
  2. adulthood (legal) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Age
    Sense id: en-majorité-fr-noun-it0QigLY Disambiguation of Age: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: majorité absolue, majorité qualifiée, majorité sexuelle

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for majorité meaning in French (2.4kB)

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