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major
major, significant /maˈʒor/
adjective#2575 most common
Also: of legal age, adult
Example sentences
El este major.
He is of legal age.
Ea este majoră.
She is of legal age.
Compania a anunțat o schimbare majoră.
The company announced a major change.
Doar cetățenii majori pot vota fără restricții.
Only adult citizens can vote without restrictions.
Criza economică a avut un impact major asupra pieței muncii.
The economic crisis had a major impact on the labor market.
Deși problemele minore au fost ignorate, cele majore au schimbat radical cursul negocierilor.
Although the minor issues were ignored, the major ones radically changed the course of the negotiations.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | major | majori |
| Genitive | major | majori |
| Accusative | major | majori |
| Vocative | major | majori |
Word family
majoritatemajority
majoritarmajority, predominant
a majorato raise, to increase
majorareincrease, raise
majoratcoming of age, legal adulthood
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "major" from Latin "maior", the comparative form of "magnus" (great), most likely through French "majeur" during the 19th-century push to re-Latinize and modernize Romanian vocabulary. The word entered both as a plain adjective, meaning significant or considerable, and as a legal term for someone who has reached adulthood. Its root is shared with a wide family of European words built on the same Latin comparative.
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