Signification (Anglais)

  1. (countable, uncountable) More than half (50%) of some group.
  2. (countable, uncountable) In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.
  3. (countable, dated, uncountable) Legal adulthood, age of majority.
  4. (UK, countable, uncountable) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
  5. (countable, uncountable) Ancestors; ancestry.

Concepts

la plupart

la majeure partie

de nombreux

le plus grand nombre

partie principale

presque entièrement

age adulte

la plus grande partie

Opposé de
minority
Fréquence

C1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/
Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.

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