minority

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• Received-Pronunciation: /maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/
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• Canada, General-American: /maɪˈnoɹ.ɪ.ti/
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• Canada, General-American: /mɪˈnoɹ.ɪ.ti/
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• Canada, General-American: /maɪˈnoɹ.ə.ti/
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• New-York-City: /maɪˈnɑ.ɹɪ.ti/
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• New-York-City: /mɪˈnɑ.ɹɪ.ti/
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• Australian: /mɑeˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/
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• New-Zealand: /maɪˈnɒɹ.ə.ti/
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• New-Zealand: [mɑe̯ˈnɔ̟ɹ.ə.ti]
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• rhymes with -ɒɹɪti
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• CMU ARPABET: M AY0 N AO1 R AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Middle English minoritie, from Middle French minorité, and its source Late Latin minōritās, from Latin minor. Morphologically minor + -ity.

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: minderheids- — of or relating to a minority
• French: minoritaire — of or relating to a minority
• Hungarian: kisebbségi — of or relating to a minority
• Italian: minoritario — of or relating to a minority
• Northern Kurdish: kêmanî — of or relating to a minority
• Spanish: minoritario — of or relating to a minority
• Afrikaans: minderheid — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Arabic: أَقَلِّيَّة (ʔaqalliyya) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Armenian: փոքրամասնություն (pʻokʻramasnutʻyun) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Azerbaijani: azlıq — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Azerbaijani: əqəliyyət — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Belarusian: ме́ншасць (mjénšascʹ) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Bulgarian: малцинство́ (malcinstvó) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Burmese: အနည်းစု (a.nany:cu.) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Catalan: minoria — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Chinese Mandarin: 少數 /少数 (shǎoshù) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Czech: menšina — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Danish: mindretal — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Dutch: minderheid — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Esperanto: malplimulto — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Estonian: vähemus — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Finnish: vähemmistö — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• French: minorité — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• West-Frisian: minderheid — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Georgian: უმცირესობა (umciresoba) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• German: Minderheit — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• German: Minorität — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Greek: μειονότητα (meionótita) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Hebrew: מיעוט (mi'út) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Hungarian: kisebbség — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Icelandic: minnihlutahópur — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Italian: minoranza — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Japanese: 少数 (shōsū) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Kazakh: азшылық (azşylyq) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Khmer: ជនជាតិភាគតិច (cɔɔnciət phiəktəc) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Korean: 소수 (sosu) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Northern Kurdish: kêmanî — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Latvian: mazākumgrupa — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Latvian: minoritāte — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Lithuanian: mažuma — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Macedonian: малцинство (malcinstvo) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Maltese: minoranza — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Māori: tokoiti — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Meänkieli: minuriteetti — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Norman: minnorité — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Norwegian Bokmål: minoritet — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Norwegian Bokmål: mindretall — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Norwegian Nynorsk: minoritet — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mindretal — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Occitan: minoritat — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Pannonian Rusyn: меншина (menšina) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Persian: اقلیت (aqalleyat) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Polish: mniejszość — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Portuguese: minoria — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Romanian: minoritate — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Russian: меньшинство́ (menʹšinstvó) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Sardinian: minoria — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Scottish Gaelic: beag-chuid — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Serbo-Croatian: мањѝна — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Serbo-Croatian: manjìna — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Slovak: menšina — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Slovene: manjšina — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Spanish: minoría — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Spanish: minoridad — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Swedish: minoritet — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Thai: คนกลุ่มน้อย (kon-glùm-nɔ́ɔi) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Ukrainian: ме́ншість (ménšistʹ) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Vietnamese: thiểu số — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Vietnamese: số ít — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Yiddish: מינדערהייט (minderheyt) — subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
• Afrikaans: minderheidslid — member of an ethnic minority
• Azerbaijani: azlıq — member of an ethnic minority
• Bulgarian: малцинство́ (malcinstvó) — member of an ethnic minority
• Burmese: လူနည်းစု (lunany:cu.) — member of an ethnic minority
• Finnish: vähemmistön edustaja — member of an ethnic minority
• Georgian: უმცირესობა (umciresoba) — member of an ethnic minority
• Georgian: ეთნიკური უმცირესობა (etniḳuri umciresoba) — member of an ethnic minority
• Georgian: ეროვნული უმცირესობა (erovnuli umciresoba) — member of an ethnic minority
• Greek: μειονότητα (meionótita) — member of an ethnic minority
• Hebrew: בֵּן מִעוּטִים (ben mi'utím) — member of an ethnic minority
• Hindi: अल्पसंख्यक (alpasaṅkhyak) — member of an ethnic minority
• Hungarian: kisebbségi — member of an ethnic minority
• Northern Kurdish: kêmanî — member of an ethnic minority
• Vietnamese: người dân tộc thiểu số — member of an ethnic minority
• Yiddish: מינדערהייט (minderheyt) — member of an ethnic minority
• Afrikaans: minderjarigheid — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Belarusian: непаўнале́цце (njepawnaljéccje) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Bengali: নাবালকতা (nabalkota) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Bengali: নাবালকত্ব (nabalokotto) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Bulgarian: малоле́тие (malolétie) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Bulgarian: непълноле́тие (nepǎlnolétie) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Catalan: minoritat — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Czech: nezletilost — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Finnish: alaikäisyys — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Finnish: nuoruus — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• French: minorité — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Galician: menoridade — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Georgian: არასრულწლოვანება (arasrulc̣lovaneba) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Georgian: მცირეწლოვანება (mcirec̣lovaneba) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Hindi: अवयस्कता (avayaskatā) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Hindi: नाबालिग़पन (nābāliġpan) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Korean: 미성년 (miseongnyeon) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Northern Kurdish: kêmanî — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Latvian: nepilngadība — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Norman: minnorité — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Polish: małoletniość — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Portuguese: menoridade — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Russian: несовершенноле́тие (nesoveršennolétije) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Spanish: minoría — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood
• Ukrainian: неповнолі́ття (nepovnolíttja) — period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood