maior

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Contents 1 Galician 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 2 Latin 2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Pronunciation 2.4 Adjective 2.4.1 Antonyms 2.4.2 Descendants 2.4.3 See also

[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

From Latin maior.

[edit] Adjective

maior m. and f. (plural maiores)

1. major, greater
2. (music) major

[edit] Antonyms

• (major, greater): menor
• (music): menor

[edit] Related terms

• maioría

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative spellings

• major
• maiior

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mag- "great" + *-yos comparative suffix.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmajjɔr/, SAMPA: /"majjOr/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmajɔr/, SAMPA: /"majOr/

[edit] Adjective

māior comparative, m./f. sing., third declension (positive: māgnus, superlative: māximus)

1. comparative of māgnus; greater, larger

[edit] Antonyms

• minor

[edit] Descendants

English: major French: majeur Galician: maior Italian: maggiore

Portuguese: maior Romanian: maior Spanish: mayor

[edit] See also

• magnus