maioria
See also: maioría
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- mayoria (obsolete)
Etymology
From maior (“bigger; greater”) + -ia (“-y”), from Old Galician-Portuguese maior, from Latin māior (“bigger; greater”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (“comparative suffix”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
maioria f (uncountable)
- majority (more than half)
Synonyms
- (majority): maior parte, pluralidade
Antonyms
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Categories:
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ia
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns