majordome
French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian maggiordomo, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin māior domūs (“steward”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: majordomes
- Hyphenation: ma‧jor‧dome
Noun
majordome m (plural majordomes)
Further reading
- “majordome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.