quorum

See also: Quorum and quórum

English

WOTD – 25 October 2007

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔː.ɹəm/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔːɹ.əm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm

• 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.

Usage notes

The plural quora is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it is not grammatically correct: in Latin quorum is a plural pronoun, not a singular noun.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• disappearing quorum
• inquorate

• quorate
• quorum-busting

Translations

minimum number of members required

• Arabic: نصاب
• Armenian: քվորում (hy) (kʻvorum)
• Catalan: quòrum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法定人數／法定人数 (zh) (fǎdìng rénshù), 法定人数 (zh) (fǎdìng rénshù)

• Dutch: quorum (nl)
• Esperanto: kvorumo
• Finnish: päätösvaltaisuus (fi) (päätösvaltainen as an adjective more common)
• French: quorum (fr) m
• Georgian: კვორუმი (ḳvorumi)
• German: Quorum (de) n
• Hebrew: מִנְיָן (he) m (minyán)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: córam m
• Japanese: 定数 (ていすう, teisū), 定足数 (ていそくすう, teisokusū)
• Persian: حد نصاب (hadd-e nesâb)
• Polish: kworum (pl) n
• Portuguese: quórum (pt) m
• Romanian: cvorum (ro) m
• Russian: кво́рум (ru) m (kvórum)
• Spanish: cuórum (es) m
• Swedish: beslutsmässighet c
• Tagalog: kasapatan
• Thai: องค์ประชุม (ong-bprà-chum), องค์คณะ (ong-ká-ná)

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French

Etymology

From Latin quōrum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɔm/

Noun

quorum m (plural quorums)

1. quorum

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔ.rum/, [ˈkwɔːr̺um]
• Rhymes: -ɔrum
• Hyphenation: quò‧rum

Noun

quorum m (uncountable)

1. quorum (minimum number of members required)

See also

• referendum

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷoː.rum/, [ˈkʷoːrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwo.rum/, [ˈkwɔːrum]

Pronoun

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

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) quōrum

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

Pronoun

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

Descendants

• English: quorum
• French: quorum m
• Irish: córam
• Italian: quorum
• Portuguese: quórum m
• Spanish: cuórum m