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major
English
Alternative forms
- majour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *ma?-yes- (“greater”), comparative of *ma?-, *me?- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?'j?(r)
- IPA(key): /?me?.d??(?)/
- Rhymes: -e?d??(?)
Adjective
major (comparative more major, superlative most major)
- (attributive):
- Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
- Synonym: main
- Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
- Synonym: considerable
- Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
- (medicine) Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
- Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- Of full legal age, having attained majority.
- (education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
- (music):
- (of a scale) Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.
- (of an interval) Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval.
- Having a major third above the root.
- Having a major third above the root.
- (postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on eight bells.
- (of a scale) Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.
- (Britain, dated) Indicating the elder of two brothers, appended to a surname in public schools.
- (logic)
- (of a term) Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
- (of a premise) Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism.
Antonyms
- minor
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
major (plural majors)
- (military) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
- An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
- Meronyms: drum major, trumpet major
- An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
- A person of legal age.
- Antonym: minor
- (music):
- Ellipsis of major key.
- Ellipsis of major interval.
- Ellipsis of major scale.
- (campanology) A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
- A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
- (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
- Synonym: (UK) course
- A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
- (logic):
- Ellipsis of major term.
- Ellipsis of major premise.
- (bridge) Ellipsis of major suit.
- (Canadian football) A touchdown, or major score.
- (Australian rules football) A goal.
- (British slang, dated) An elder brother (especially at a public school).
- (entomology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
major (third-person singular simple present majors, present participle majoring, simple past and past participle majored)
- (intransitive) Used in a phrasal verb: major in.
Related terms
- majorant
Translations
References
- “major”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “major”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- Jarmo, joram
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin maior.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /m???o/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ma?d??o?/
Adjective
major (masculine and feminine plural majors)
- larger (superlative: el major / la major—largest)
- older (superlative: el major / la major—oldest)
- main, principal
- (music) major
Derived terms
- majorista
- majorment
Related terms
- majoria
Noun
major m (plural majors)
- (military) major
Noun
major m or f (plural majors)
- of age, adult
Further reading
- “major” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “major” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “major” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “major” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Noun
major m
- major (military)
Declension
Further reading
- major in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- major in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Major, from Spanish, from Latin maior.
Noun
major (genitive majori, partitive majorit)
- major (rank)
Declension
Derived terms
- kindralmajor
French
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin maior. Doublet of maire and majeur.
- (France): French military authorities created in 1972 the rank of major (non-commissioned officer), which can easily be confused with the rank of major (officer) used in many countries, creating problems when communicating with allied forces.
- (Canada): English major. From the British traditional army military rank structure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.???/
Noun
major m (plural majors)
- (military, France) major, the upper rank of French non-commissioned officers
- (military, Canada) major, the commissioned field officer rank
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- capitaine de corvette (“capc”) (equivalent naval rank to the commissioned field officer rank)
Further reading
- “major” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
From German [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?jor]
- Hyphenation: ma?jor
- Rhymes: -or
Noun
major (plural majorok)
- farm
Declension
Derived terms
- majoros
- majorság
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma??or/
Adjective
major (not comparable)
- (comparative degree of grande) bigger
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?mai?.i?or/, [?mäi???r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ma.jor/, [?m?j??r]
Adjective
major (neuter majus, positive magnus); third declension
- Alternative spelling of maior.
Inflection
Third-declension comparative adjective.
References
- major in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- major in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.j?r/
Noun
major m pers (abbreviation mjr)
- major (military rank)
Declension
Further reading
- major in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin maior. Doublet of maior
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.????/
Noun
major m (plural majores)
- (military) major (military rank)
Romanian
Etymology
From French majeur.
Adjective
major m or n (feminine singular major?, masculine plural majori, feminine and neuter plural majore)
- major
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Major, from Latin m?ior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?jo?r/
- Hyphenation: ma?jor
Noun
màj?r m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- (military, Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croatian) major (rank)
Declension
Synonyms
- (Serbo-Croatian): bojnik
- tisu?nik
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
major c
- a major
- a Squadron Leader (in the British Royal Air Force)
Declension
References
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prominent
English
Etymology
From obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin pr?min?ns, present active participle of pr?mine? (“jut out, to project”), from pr? (“before, forward”) + mine? (in compounds, “jut, project”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??m?n?nt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??m?n?nt/
- Hyphenation: prom?i?nent
Adjective
prominent (comparative more prominent, superlative most prominent)
- standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant
- Synonyms: extuberant, outstanding
- likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous
- Synonyms: attention-grabbing, eye-catching, flashy
- eminent; distinguished above others
- Synonyms: eminent, forestanding, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
Derived terms
- improminent
- prominently
Related terms
- prominence
Translations
See also
- imminent
- eminent
Further reading
- prominent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prominent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prominent at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin pr?min?ns.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /p?o.mi?nent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?u.mi?nen/
Adjective
prominent (masculine and feminine plural prominents)
- prominent
Related terms
- prominència
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
prominent (comparative prominenter, superlative prominentst)
- prominent
Inflection
German
Etymology
From Latin pr?min?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p?omi?n?nt]
- Hyphenation: pro?mi?nent
Adjective
prominent (comparative prominenter, superlative am prominentesten)
- prominent
Declension
Further reading
- “prominent” in Duden online
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pro?.mi.nent/, [?p?o?m?n?n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pro.mi.nent/, [?p???min?n?t?]
Verb
pr?minent
- third-person plural present active indicative of pr?mine?
Polish
Noun
prominent m pers
- eminent person; distinguished above others; VIP
Declension
Derived terms
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