majeur
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French majeur, a borrowing from Latin māior (“larger, greater”). Doublet of maire, major, and mayeur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]majeur (feminine majeure, masculine plural majeurs, feminine plural majeures)
- greater, larger, more important
- (by extension) of great importance, main, major, principal, greatest
- major, adult, of age (who has attained the age of majority, who is over the legal age of majority)
- Antonym: mineur
- majeur et vacciné ― old enough to look after oneself
- (music) major
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]majeur m (plural majeurs)
- an adult (as defined by the age of majority)
- Antonym: mineur
- middle finger
Further reading
[edit]- “majeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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