Noun: major
Gender: mf
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | major |
| Singular f | major |
| Plural m | majors |
| Plural f | majors |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like major
fétichiste,
modérantiste,
odontologiste,
fiduciaire,
cryptanalyste,
selfie,
neurologiste,
Sud-Est-Asiatique,
acridophage,
schizo,
motoneigiste,
bolchévique,
urbaniste,
activiste,
phalliste,
acrostiche,
électrosensible,
humaniste,
aromathérapeute,
œconomiste, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle French major, from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior. Doublet of maire, majeur, and mayeur. The use for a non-commissioned officer in the French army (since 1972) is a short form of adjudant-major or sergent-major. See: Spanish Nouns '
mayor', Latin Nouns '
maior'.
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