quorum

See also Quorum, and quórum

English

WOTD - 25 October 2007    

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkwɔː.rəm/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkwɔːr.əm/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)əm

• Audio (US)

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• 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.

Derived terms

• disappearing quorum
• inquorate
• quorate
• quorum-busting

Translations

minimum number of members required

Arabic: نصاب (ar) Armenian: քվորում (hy) (kʿvorum) Esperanto: kvorumo (eo) Finnish: päätösvaltainen (fi) French: quorum (fr) m. German: Quorum (de) n.

Irish: córam (ga) m. Japanese: 定数 (ja) (ていすう, teisū) Portuguese: quórum (pt) m. Russian: кворум (ru) (kvórum) m. Spanish: cuórum (es) m.

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Italian

Noun

quorum m. inv.

1. quorum

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Latin

Pronoun

quōrum

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

Descendants

• English: quorum
• Spanish: quórum m.