major

Signification (Anglais)

1. Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
2. Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
3. Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
4. Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
5. Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
6. Of full legal age, having attained majority.
7. Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
8. Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. (of a scale)
9. Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
10. Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
11. (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
12. Bell changes rung on eight bells.
13. Indicating the elder of two brothers, appended to a surname in public schools.
14. Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)
15. Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. (of a premise)

majeur

commandant

plus important

compagnie majeure

plus grand

étudiante spécialisée

chef de bataillon

matière principale

capitaine de corvette

se spécialiser

très important

chef d’escadrille

étudiant spécialisé

special subject

of the full legal age

domineer over

subject of study

university major

Maj.

of import

sr.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.