maioria

See also: maioría

Portuguese

Alternative forms

mayoria (obsolete)

Etymology

From maior (“bigger; greater”) +‎ -ia (“-y”), from Old Portuguese maior, from Latin māior (“bigger; greater”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (“comparative suffix”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmaj.o.ˈɾi.a/, /ˌmaj.o.ˈɾi.ɐ/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐj.u.ˈɾi.ɐ/

Noun

maioria f (uncountable)

majority (more than half)

Synonyms

(majority): maior parte, pluralidade

Antonyms

(majority): menor parte, minoria

Derived terms

maioria absoluta
maioria silenciosa

Related terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.