"major" meaning in Nederlands

See major in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: nl-major.ogg Forms: majors [plural]
  1. de oudere
    Sense id: nl-major-nl-noun-8u7IpumC
  2. hoofdvak waarin iemand afstudeert
    Sense id: nl-major-nl-noun-RuLNYuYE Categories (other): Onderwijs_in_het_Nederlands Topics: education
  3. bedrijf dat door zijn omvang binnen een bedrijfstak toonaangevend is
    Sense id: nl-major-nl-noun-r6Z1OTaz Categories (other): Bedrijfskunde_in_het_Nederlands Topics: business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: majordomus, majoretje

Inflected forms

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      "word": "minor"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Ontbrekend geluid",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Retrograad van het Nederlands",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Nederlands van lengte 5",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "word": "majordomus"
    },
    {
      "word": "majoretje"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "[1] van Latijn maior \"groter, ouder\"",
    "[2],[3] van Engels major"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "majors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "ma·jor",
  "lang": "Nederlands",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Zelfstandig naamwoord",
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        "de oudere"
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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    "masculine"
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    "[2],[3] van Engels major"
  ],
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        "plural"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "nl",
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        "de oudere"
      ],
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        "achter namen om verschillende mensen met dezelfde naam uit elkaar te houden"
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      ]
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Nederlands dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-29 from the nlwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). 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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