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majoration noun {f}

  /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
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major noun

  /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ , [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)] , [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ(ɹ)] , [ˈmeːd͡ʒɚ(ɹ)] , [ˈmæɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)] , [ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)]
  • (military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
 commandant, major, chef d'escadron, chef d'escadrons
  • A person of legal age.
 majeur
  • (education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
 matière principale
  • A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
 étudiant spécialisé, étudiante spécialisée

major adjective

  /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ , [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)] , [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ(ɹ)] , [ˈmeːd͡ʒɚ(ɹ)] , [ˈmæɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)] , [ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)]
  • Of full legal age, having attained majority.
  • (education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
  • (postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
  • Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
  • Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)
 majeur
de taille, majeure, très important
  • Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
 majeur, plus grand, plus important

majority noun

  /məˈd͡ʒɑ.ɹɪti/ , /məˈd͡ʒɒ.ɹɪti/ , /məˈd͡ʒɔɹ.ɪti/ , /mɛˈdʒɔrɪʈi/
  • More than half (50%) of some group.
  • In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.
 majorité

major verb

  /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ , [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)] , [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ(ɹ)] , [ˈmeːd͡ʒɚ(ɹ)] , [ˈmæɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)] , [ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)]
se spécialiser
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