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• mā'jə r
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• /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)]
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ]
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• Canada: [ˈmeːd͡ʒɚ]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈmæɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]
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• rhymes with -eɪdʒə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: M EY1 JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2yōs Proto-Italic *majjōs Latin maiorder. Middle English major English major From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh2- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor. Noun sense 1 is a shortening of sergeant major, perhaps after Spanish mayor in the same sense.

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the personal name Malgier, via Old French from the Germanic name *Madalgari. See Mauger. * As a Hungarian surname, shortened from majorosgazda (see Majoros), or borrowed from German Meyer. * As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from the military rank major. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Meyer. * As a French and Occitan surname, from the adjective majeur and the military rank major. The latter appears in Canadian French, sometimes also as La Major.

265 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: madhor — greater in significance or importance
• Belarusian: гало́ўны (halówny) — greater in significance or importance
• Bulgarian: важен (važen) — greater in significance or importance
• Finnish: tärkeä — greater in significance or importance
• Finnish: merkittävä — greater in significance or importance
• French: majeur — greater in significance or importance
• French: de taille — greater in significance or importance
• French: très important — greater in significance or importance
• German: bedeutend — greater in significance or importance
• German: wichtig — greater in significance or importance
• Greek: μεγάλος (megálos) — greater in significance or importance
• Hungarian: jelentős — greater in significance or importance
• Hungarian: lényeges — greater in significance or importance
• Hungarian: számottevő — greater in significance or importance
• Italian: significativo — greater in significance or importance
• Italian: principale — greater in significance or importance
• Italian: notevole — greater in significance or importance
• Italian: importante — greater in significance or importance
• Latin: maior — greater in significance or importance
• Latin: major — greater in significance or importance
• Persian: مهم (mohemm) — greater in significance or importance
• Persian: بزرگ (bozorg) — greater in significance or importance
• Polish: poważny — greater in significance or importance
• Polish: istotny — greater in significance or importance
• Polish: znaczny — greater in significance or importance
• Portuguese: maior — greater in significance or importance
• Portuguese: principal — greater in significance or importance
• Portuguese: mor — greater in significance or importance
• Spanish: significativo — greater in significance or importance
• Spanish: mayúsculo — greater in significance or importance
• Spanish: protagónico — greater in significance or importance
• Spanish: grosso — greater in significance or importance
• Spanish: groso — greater in significance or importance
• Spanish: rotundo — greater in significance or importance
• Bulgarian: значителен (značitelen) — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Finnish: suurin — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• French: plus grand — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• French: plus important — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• French: majeur — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Galician: maior — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Galician: meirande — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Greek: μεγάλος (megálos) — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Hungarian: nagyobb — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Italian: grande — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Italian: considerevole — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Italian: cospicuo — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Latin: maior — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Latin: major — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Persian: عمده ('omde) — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Portuguese: maior — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Spanish: tremendo — greater in number, quantity, or extent
• Albanian: madhor — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Bengali: প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক (praptoboẏosko) — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Bengali: সাবালক (śabalok) — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Bulgarian: пълноле́тен (pǎlnoléten) — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Catalan: major — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Danish: fuldmyndig — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Dutch: meerderjarig — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Finnish: täysi-ikäinen — of full legal age; having attained majority
• French: majeur — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Galician: maior — of full legal age; having attained majority
• German: volljährig — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Hindi: बालिग़ (bāliġ) — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Hindi: वयस्क (vayask) — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Hindi: प्रौढ़ (prauṛh) — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Hungarian: nagykorú — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Icelandic: myndugur — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Italian: maggiore — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Norwegian: myndig — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Occitan: major — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Polish: pełnoletni — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Portuguese: maior — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Portuguese: maior de idade — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Swedish: myndig — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Turkish: ergin — of full legal age; having attained majority
• Afrikaans: majeur — music: of a scale
• Bulgarian: мажорен (mažoren) — music: of a scale
• Catalan: major — music: of a scale
• Czech: dur — music: of a scale
• Finnish: duuri — music: of a scale
• French: majeur — music: of a scale
• German: dur — music: of a scale
• Greek: μείζων (meízon) — music: of a scale
• Hungarian: dúr — music: of a scale
• Italian: maggiore — music: of a scale
• Norwegian: dur — music: of a scale
• Persian: ماژور (mâžor) — music: of a scale
• Polish: dur — music: of a scale
• Portuguese: maior — music: of a scale
• Russian: мажо́рный (mažórnyj) — music: of a scale
• Spanish: mayor — music: of a scale
• Turkish: majör — music: of a scale
• Afrikaans: majeur — music: of an interval
• Finnish: suuri — music: of an interval
• French: majeur — music: of an interval
• Hungarian: nagy — music: of an interval
• Italian: maggiore — music: of an interval
• Portuguese: maior — music: of an interval
• Russian: мажо́рный (mažórnyj) — music: of an interval
• Czech: durový — music: containing the note which is a major third above the tonic
• Italian: maggiore — music: containing the note which is a major third above the tonic
• Polish: durowy — music: containing the note which is a major third above the tonic
• Portuguese: maior — music: containing the note which is a major third above the tonic
• Afrikaans: majoor — military rank
• Albanian: major — military rank
• Arabic: رَائِد (rāʔid) — military rank
• Armenian: մայոր (mayor) — military rank
• Azerbaijani: mayor — military rank
• Belarusian: маёр (majór) — military rank
• Bengali: মেজর (mejor) — military rank
• Bulgarian: майо́р (majór) — military rank
• Burmese: ဗိုလ်မှူး (builhmu:) — military rank
• Catalan: major — military rank
• Chinese Mandarin: 少校 (shàoxiào) — military rank
• Czech: major — military rank
• Danish: major — military rank
• Dutch: majoor — military rank
• Esperanto: majoro — military rank
• Estonian: major — military rank
• Finnish: majuri — military rank
• French: commandant — military rank
• French: major — military rank
• French: chef d'escadrons — military rank
• French: chef d'escadron — military rank
• Galician: maior — military rank
• Georgian: მაიორი (maiori) — military rank
• German: Major — military rank
• Greek: ταγματάρχης (tagmatárchis) — military rank
• Greek: επισμηναγός (episminagós) — military rank
• Hindi: मेजर (mejar) — military rank
• Hungarian: őrnagy — military rank
• Hungarian: főstrázsamester — military rank
• Indonesian: mayor — military rank
• Irish: maor — military rank
• Irish: maor airm — military rank
• Italian: maggiore — military rank
• Japanese: 少佐 (shōsa) — military rank
• Japanese: 少領 (shōryō) — military rank
• Kashmiri: میجَر (mējar) — military rank
• Korean: 소좌 (sojwa) — military rank
• Korean: 소령 (soryeong) — military rank
• Kyrgyz: миң башы (miŋ başı) — military rank
• Lao: ພັນຕີ (phan tī) — military rank
• Latin: maior — military rank
• Latin: major — military rank
• Latvian: majors — military rank
• Lithuanian: majoras — military rank
• Macedonian: ма́јор (májor) — military rank
• Malay: mejar — military rank
• Manx: ard-chaptan — military rank
• Māori: meiha — military rank
• Mongolian: хошууч (xošuuč) — military rank
• Persian: سرگرد (sargord) — military rank
• Polish: major — military rank
• Portuguese: major — military rank
• Romanian: maior — military rank
• Romanian: maiori — military rank
• Russian: майо́р (majór) — military rank
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̑јнӣк — military rank
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̑јница — military rank
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀јо̄р — military rank
• Serbo-Croatian: bȏjnīk — military rank
• Serbo-Croatian: bȏjnica — military rank
• Serbo-Croatian: màjōr — military rank
• Sicilian: majuri — military rank
• Sicilian: supiriuri — military rank
• Slovak: major — military rank
• Slovene: majór — military rank
• Slovene: majórka — military rank
• Spanish: comandante — military rank
• Spanish: mayor — military rank
• Swahili: meja — military rank
• Swedish: major — military rank
• Tajik: майор (mayor) — military rank
• Tatar: майор (mayor) — military rank
• Telugu: మేజరు (mējaru) — military rank
• Thai: พันตรี (pan-trii) — military rank
• Turkish: binbaşı — military rank
• Ukrainian: майо́р (majór) — military rank
• Uzbek: mayor — military rank
• Vietnamese: thiếu tá — military rank
• Bengali: প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক (praptoboẏosko) — person of legal age
• Bengali: সাবালক (śabalok) — person of legal age
• Bulgarian: пълноле́тен (pǎlnoléten) — person of legal age
• Bulgarian: пълноле́тна (pǎlnolétna) — person of legal age
• Danish: voksen — person of legal age
• Dutch: meerderjarige — person of legal age
• Finnish: täysi-ikäinen — person of legal age
• French: majeur — person of legal age
• German: Volljährige — person of legal age
• Greek: ενήλικας (enílikas) — person of legal age
• Hindi: बालिग़ (bāliġ) — person of legal age
• Hindi: वयस्क (vayask) — person of legal age
• Hindi: प्रौढ़ (prauṛh) — person of legal age
• Hungarian: nagykorú — person of legal age
• Hungarian: nagykorú személy — person of legal age
• Italian: maggiorenne — person of legal age
• Macedonian: полноле́тник (polnolétnik) — person of legal age
• Polish: pełnoletni — person of legal age
• Polish: pełnoletnia — person of legal age
• Portuguese: maior — person of legal age
• Portuguese: maior de idade — person of legal age
• Russian: совершенноле́тний (soveršennolétnij) — person of legal age
• Russian: совершенноле́тняя (soveršennolétnjaja) — person of legal age
• Sicilian: granni — person of legal age
• Spanish: mayor de edad — person of legal age
• Tatar: буйга җиткән (buyğa citkän) — person of legal age
• Tatar: яше җиткән (yäşe citkän) — person of legal age
• Tatar: балигъ булган (baliğ bulğan) — person of legal age
• Arabic: تخصص (taḵaṣuṣ) — principal subject or course
• Bulgarian: специализация (specializacija) — principal subject or course
• Chinese Mandarin: 主修 (zhǔxiū) — principal subject or course
• Chinese Mandarin: 專攻 /专攻 (zhuāngōng) — principal subject or course
• Chinese Mandarin: 專業 /专业 (zhuānyè) — principal subject or course
• Dutch: hoofdvak — principal subject or course
• Esperanto: ĉefa fako — principal subject or course
• Finnish: pääaine — principal subject or course
• French: matière principale — principal subject or course
• German: Hauptfach — principal subject or course
• German: Hauptstudienfach — principal subject or course
• German: Hauptstudiengang — principal subject or course
• Greek: ειδικότητα (eidikótita) — principal subject or course
• Hungarian: szak — principal subject or course
• Hungarian: alapszak — principal subject or course
• Hungarian: főszak — principal subject or course
• Hungarian: főtárgy — principal subject or course
• Indonesian: jurusan — principal subject or course
• Irish: príomhábhar — principal subject or course
• Italian: laurea — principal subject or course
• Italian: corso di laurea — principal subject or course
• Japanese: 専攻 (senkō) — principal subject or course
• Korean: 전공 (jeon'gong) — principal subject or course
• Polish: kierunek — principal subject or course
• Polish: rozszerzenie — principal subject or course
• Polish: specjalizacja — principal subject or course
• Russian: профили́рующая дисципли́на (profilírujuščaja disciplína) — principal subject or course
• Russian: гла́вный предме́т (glávnyj predmét) — principal subject or course
• Russian: основно́й предме́т (osnovnój predmét) — principal subject or course
• Spanish: asignatura principal — principal subject or course
• Spanish: carrera académica — principal subject or course
• Spanish: programa de estudio(s) — principal subject or course
• Spanish: major — principal subject or course
• Spanish: méijor — principal subject or course
• Swedish: huvudämne — principal subject or course
• Tagalog: kalakhan — principal subject or course
• Thai: วิชาเอก (wí-chaa-èek) — principal subject or course
• Turkish: bölüm — principal subject or course
• Ukrainian: спеціа́льність (speciálʹnistʹ) — principal subject or course
• Finnish: pääaineopiskelija — student specializing in a specified subject
• French: étudiant spécialisé — student specializing in a specified subject
• French: étudiante spécialisée — student specializing in a specified subject
• Greek: ειδικευόμενος (eidikevómenos) — student specializing in a specified subject
• Hungarian: (... szakos) hallgató — student specializing in a specified subject
• Indonesian: jurusan — student specializing in a specified subject
• Spanish: encarrerado — student specializing in a specified subject
• Russian: Майор — Translations
• Chinese Mandarin: 專攻 /专攻 (zhuāngōng) — verb
• Finnish: opiskella pääaineena — verb
• French: se spécialiser — verb
• German: sich spezialisieren — verb
• Japanese: 専攻する (senkō suru) — verb
• Korean: 전공하다 (jeon'gonghada) — verb
• Polish: specjalizować się — verb
• Portuguese: especializar-se — verb
• Russian: специализи́роваться (specializírovatʹsja) — verb