maior

From Latin māior, māiōrem.

maior m or f (plural maiores)

1. major, greater
2. (music) major

• meirande

• (major, greater): menor
• (music): menor

• maioría

• major
• maiior

From Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs‎, from *meǵh₂- (“great”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaj.jor/, [ˈmaj.jɔr]

maior (neuter maius); third declension

1. greater, larger

Third declension, comparative variant

• maiestās
• maiusculus

• minor

• magnus

maior m (genitive maiōris); third declension

1. ancestors (in plural)

   Ergo illum, qui haec fecerat, Rudinum hominem, maiores nostri in civitatem receperunt.

   Therefore Ennius, who composed these poems, although a man from Rudiae, our ancestors granted him citizenship.

   - Cicero: Pro Archia Poeta Oratio (Line 284)

2. (medieval) a mayor: a leader of a city or town

Third declension.

• maior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the elde: maior (natu)
    
  • the majority: maior pars
    
  • (ambiguous) to exaggerate a thing: in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to overestimate a thing: in maius accipere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
    
  • (ambiguous) according to the custom and tradition of my fathers: more institutoque maiorum (Mur. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) what is more important: quod maius est
    
• maior in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• maior in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

• major
• majour
• majur
• maor

Latin maior.

maior (oblique singular, nominative singular maire)

1. bigger; larger
2. very large

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (maior)
• maiur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

• mayor (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese maior, mayor, from Latin māior, māiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (comparative suffix).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐjˈɔɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /majˈɔɾ/
• Hyphenation: mai‧or
• Rhymes: -ɔɾ

maior (plural maiores, comparable)

1. (followed by que) comparative degree of grande; bigger, larger

   Melancias são maiores que laranjas.

   Watermelons are bigger than oranges.

   Antonym: menor

2. (preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of grande; biggest, largest

   Júpiter é o maior planeta do Sistema Solar.

   Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.

   Antonym: menor

3. major, greater

   um desafio maior

   a major challenge

   Antonym: menor

4. (music) major

   Antonym: menor

5. (Brazil, informal) big, great

   Ele é maior idiota...

   He is a big idiot

   Synonym: mó

maior (comparative mais maior superlative o mais maior)

1. (Brazil, informal) very, quite

   Synonyms: bem, bastante, mó

   Essa comida comida tem um gosto maior ruim.

   That food tastes very bad.