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majoritate
majority /ma.ʒo.riˈta.te/
noun#1160 most common
Also: most (of), the greater part
Example sentences
Majoritatea copiilor iubesc jocurile.
Most children love games.
Majoritatea prietenilor mei locuiesc în oraș.
The majority of my friends live in the city.
Partidul a câștigat alegerile cu o majoritate confortabilă.
The party won the election with a comfortable majority.
Guvernul nu mai are majoritatea necesară în parlament pentru a adopta legea.
The government no longer has the majority it needs in parliament to pass the law.
Deși opinia majorității pare covârșitoare, minoritatea își apără punctul de vedere cu argumente solide.
Although the majority opinion seems overwhelming, the minority defends its view with solid arguments.
Reforma a fost adoptată cu o majoritate de două treimi, în ciuda opoziției vehemente a partidelor minoritare.
The reform was passed with a two-thirds majority, despite the fierce opposition of minority parties.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | majoritatea | majoritățile |
| Genitive | majorității | majorităților |
| Accusative | majoritatea | majoritățile |
| Vocative | majoritate | majorități |
Word family
majormajor; of legal age
majoritarmajority, dominant (e.g. majority party)
a majorato increase, to raise (prices, wages)
minoritateminority
Etymology
Majoritate entered Romanian in the nineteenth century from French majorité, part of a wave of French borrowings that modernized Romanian civic and political vocabulary. French majorité itself traces to Latin maior, the comparative of magnus, meaning greater or bigger. The abstract suffix -itate was attached on the model of Latin -itas, the same ending that gives English words like majority their -ity.
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