different between plenary vs quorum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pl?n?rius, from Latin pl?nus (“full”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pli?n??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pli?n??i/, /?pl?n??i/
• Rhymes: -i?n??i, -?n??i

Adjective

plenary (comparative more plenary, superlative most plenary)

1. Fully attended; for everyone's attendance.
2. (theology or law) Complete; full; entire; absolute.
   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     The method of treating a subject should be plenary or full.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

plenary (plural plenaries)

1. plenary session

   After lunch, we will all be in the main auditorium listening to the plenary.

2. (pedagogy) Part of a lesson, usually at or towards the end, designed to review or evaluate the learning that has taken place.

References

English

Etymology

From Latin qu?rum, genitive plural form of qu? (“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw??.??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kw???.?m/
• Rhymes: -????m
• Hyphenation: quo?rum

Noun

quorum (plural quorums or quora)

1. The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.

   We can discuss the issue tonight, but cannot vote until we have a quorum.

2. A selected body of persons.

Usage notes

The plural quora is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it is not grammatically correct: in Latin quorum is a plural pronoun, not a singular noun.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin qu?rum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??m/

Noun

quorum m (plural quorums)

1. quorum

Italian

Etymology

From Latin qu?rum, genitive plural form of qu? (“who, which”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?.rum/
• Rhymes: -?rum
• Hyphenation: quò?rum

Noun

quorum m (invariable)

1. quorum (minimum number of members required)

See also

• referendum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?o?.rum/, [?k?o?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwo.rum/, [?kw???um]

Pronoun

qu?rum

1. genitive masculine plural of qu?
2. genitive neuter plural of qu?

Adjective

qu?rum

1. genitive masculine plural of qu?
2. genitive neuter plural of qu?

Pronoun

qu?rum

1. genitive masculine plural of quis
2. genitive neuter plural of quis

Descendants

• English: quorum
• French: quorum m
• Irish: córam
• Italian: quorum
• Polish: kworum
• Portuguese: quórum m
• Russian: ?????? m (kvorum)
• Spanish: cuórum m

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kf?.rum/

Noun

quorum n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative spelling of kworum.

Further reading

• quorum in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• quorum in Polish dictionaries at PWN