French Conversation · Level 46
74 words
French word
majorité
Pronunciation
IPA/maʒoʁite/
Meaning
- feminine nounmajority
Example
La majorité des invités est déjà arrivée.
The majority of the guests have already arrived.
More examples
La majorité des gens préfère le café.
Most people prefer coffee.
Core concept
The larger-than-half part of a whole, often the side that determines a vote's result.
Common phrases
la majorité des gens
most people
la majorité des cas
most cases
la majorité des voix
a majority of the votes
Similar words
plupart: Most of the people or things in a group.
minorité: The smaller part of a group or whole.
Definition in French
Partie d'un ensemble formée par plus de la moitié de ses membres, notamment le résultat d'un vote qui dépasse 50 %
Word origin
French majorité comes from Latin majoritas, formed from major, meaning 'greater', with the abstract noun ending -itas.
Usage tips
- In standard French, majorité is feminine, so the usual form is la majorité and not le majorité.
Other meanings
- adulthoodnoun
Opposites
- minoritéminoritynoun
Related words
- majoritairemajoritarianadjective
- majoritairementpredominantlyadverb