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maior

See also: maiôr and măior

Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin maiōrem.

Adjective

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maior m or f (plural maiores)

  1. bigger, greater, major
    Antonym: menor
  2. (music) major
    Antonym: menor

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs, from *meǵh₂- (“great”) +‎ *-yōs (comparative suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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maior (comparative, neuter maius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of magnus
    Antonym: minor

Usage notes

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  • In dictionaries published before the 21st century, the root vowel can often be found marked as long, but it is in those cases indicated to be long by position rather than by nature. This convention is abolished in modern dictionaries, which give, depending on typography, maior or major without a macron. The vowel is thus properly short, as can be indicated by the variant typographic spelling măjjor.

Inflection

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Third-declension comparative adjective, with locative.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative maior maius maiōrēs maiōra
genitive maiōris maiōrum
dative maiōrī maiōribus
accusative maiōrem maius maiōrēs
maiōrīs 		maiōra
ablative maiōre
maiōrī 		maiōribus
vocative maior maius maiōrēs maiōra
locative maiōrī
maiōre 		maiōribus

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Descendants

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Descendants

Noun

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maior m (genitive maiōris); third declension

  1. (in the plural) ancestors, forefathers; advanced in years, the aged; the elders
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Pro Archia Poeta Oratio line 284:
      Ergo illum, qui haec fecerat, Rudinum hominem, maiores nostri in civitatem receperunt.
      Therefore Ennius, who composed these poems, although a man from Rudiae, our ancestors granted him citizenship.
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.73–74:
      ‘hinc sua maiōrēs tribuisse vocābula Maiō
      tangor et aetātī cōnsuluisse suae.’
      ‘‘Because of this, the ancestors granted their name to May,
      I have come to grasp, and in regard to their own old age.’’
      (The muse Urania claims that the month of May honors the ‘‘maiōrēs’’ – ‘‘ancestors’’ or ‘‘elders’’.)
  2. (Medieval Latin) A mayor (a leader of a city or town).

Inflection

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative maior maiōrēs
genitive maiōris maiōrum
dative maiōrī maiōribus
accusative maiōrem maiōrēs
ablative maiōre maiōribus
vocative maior maiōrēs

Descendants

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References

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  • “major”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “maior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the elde: maior (natu)
    • the majority: maior pars
    • (ambiguous) to exaggerate a thing: in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid
    • (ambiguous) to overestimate a thing: in maius accipere aliquid
    • (ambiguous) to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
    • (ambiguous) according to the custom and tradition of my fathers: more institutoque maiorum (Mur. 1. 1)
    • (ambiguous) what is more important: quod maius est
  • maior in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “maior”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Latin māior.

Adjective

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maior (oblique singular, nominative singular maire)

  1. bigger; larger
  2. very large

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese maior, mayor, from Latin māiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (comparative suffix). Doublet of major.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
  • Hyphenation: mai‧or

Adjective

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maior m or f (plural maiores)

  1. (followed by que) comparative degree of grande; bigger, larger
    Antonym: menor
    Melancias são maiores que laranjas.
    Watermelons are bigger than oranges.
  2. (preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of grande; biggest, largest
    Antonym: menor
    Júpiter é o maior planeta do Sistema Solar.
    Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.
  3. major, greater
    Antonym: menor
    um desafio maior
    a major challenge
  4. (music) major
    Antonym: menor
  5. (Brazil, informal) big, great
    Synonym: mó
    Ele é maior idiota...
    He is a big idiot

Derived terms

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Adverb

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maior

  1. (Brazil, informal) very, quite
    Synonyms: bem, bastante, mó
    Essa comida comida tem um gosto maior ruim.
    That food tastes very bad.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian майор (major) or German Major, from Latin maior. Doublet of major and possibly mare.

Noun

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maior m (plural maiori)

  1. major

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative maior maiorul maiori maiorii
genitive-dative maior maiorului maiori maiorilor
vocative maiorule maiorilor
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