maior
Meaning
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- (comparative,feminine,form-of,masculine) comparative degree of grande; bigger, larger
- (feminine,form-of,masculine,superlative) superlative degree of grande; biggest, largest
- (feminine,masculine) major, greater
- (feminine,masculine) major
- (Brazil,feminine,informal,masculine) big, great
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mai‧or
Pronounced as (IPA)
/majˈɔʁ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese maior, mayor, from Latin māiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (comparative suffix). Doublet of major.
New
grande
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- (feminine,masculine) large; great; big (of great size or extent)
- (feminine,masculine) large; big; numerous (numerically large)
- (feminine,masculine) great (of great importance)
- (feminine,masculine) great; magnanimous (noble and generous in spirit)
- (feminine,masculine) grown-up; mature
- (feminine,masculine) the metropolitan area of, greater
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