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Noun [Francés]

IPA: /ma.ʒɔʁ/ Forms: major [singular], majors [plural]
Etymology: Del latín maior ('mayor')
  1. Mayor (grado militar).
    Sense id: es-major-fr-noun-67hsG-jG
  2. La empresa más importante de su sector.
    Sense id: es-major-fr-noun-rs1JV4d8 Categories (other): ES:Economía Topics: economics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Adjective [Inglés]

IPA: /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ [General-American, Canada], /ˈmæɪ.d͡ʒə/ [Australia, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-major.ogg [General-American, Canada], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-major.wav [General-American, Canada], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-major.wav [General-American, Canada], En-au-major.ogg [Australia, New-Zealand] Forms: major [positive], more major most major [comparative]
Etymology: Del inglés medio major, del latín maior.
  1. Mayor.
    Sense id: es-major-en-adj-ZsYCgaiD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Inglés]

IPA: /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ [General-American, Canada], /ˈmæɪ.d͡ʒə/ [Australia, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-major.ogg [General-American, Canada], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-major.wav [General-American, Canada], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-major.wav [General-American, Canada], En-au-major.ogg [Australia, New-Zealand] Forms: major [singular], majors [plural]
Etymology: Del inglés medio major, del latín maior.
  1. Mayor (rango militar).
    Sense id: es-major-en-noun-9gfrtYPR Categories (other): EN:Milicia Topics: military
  2. Mayor de edad.
    Sense id: es-major-en-noun-AONA5yQp
  3. El tema o área principal de un estudiante trabajando para obtener un título en una facultad o universidad. Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US
    Sense id: es-major-en-noun--d~HBzLL Categories (other): EN:Australia, EN:Canadá, EN:Educación, EN:Estados Unidos, EN:Nueva Zelanda Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (El tema o área principal de un estudiante trabajando para obtener un título en una facultad o universidad.): course
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      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-major.wav"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-major.ogg",
      "ipa": "/ˈmæɪ.d͡ʒə/",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/En-au-major.ogg/En-au-major.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-major.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Queensland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alternative": "majour",
      "note": "obsoleta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "major"
}

Download raw JSONL data for major meaning in All languages combined (5.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <td> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "major"
  ],
  "section": "Inglés",
  "subsection": "Adjetivo",
  "title": "major",
  "trace": "started on line 9, detected on line 10"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-26 from the eswiktionary dump dated 2025-06-20 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). 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.

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