mayor
Spanish
/maˈʒor/
adj
Definitions
- bigger
- older; elder
- (of a person) : old; at an advanced age
- of age; adult; grown-up
- major; main
- head; boss
- (music) major
- (as a superlative) : the biggest.
- (as a superlative) : the oldest
- enhanced
Etymology
Inherited from Latin māior (principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger).
Origin
Latin
māior
Gloss
principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Maiorica Latin
- maior Latin
- maior domus Latin
- māior Latin
- māior domūs Latin
- Majestät German
- Major German
- Majorin German
- Meijer Dutch, Flemish
- kletsmajoor Dutch, Flemish
- majoor Dutch, Flemish
- majeur French
- major French
- майор Russian
- Montemayor Spanish, Castilian
- mayoral Spanish, Castilian
- mayoreo Spanish, Castilian
- mayorista Spanish, Castilian
- mayormente Spanish, Castilian
- mayoría Spanish, Castilian
- monte Spanish, Castilian
- narcomayoreo Spanish, Castilian
- *mag- Proto-Indo-European
- maior Portuguese
- maioral Portuguese
- maioria Portuguese
- major Swedish
- maior Old French
- maire Old French
- major Serbo-Croatian
- major Catalan, Valencian
- maior Galician
- meier Middle Dutch
- maer Old Irish
- majoor Afrikaans
- major Estonian
- maior Old Portuguese
- moor Old Portuguese
- 瑪腰 Chinese
- мајор Macedonian
- màger Occitan
- *magjōs Proto-Italic
- mayor Asturian
- maiôr Friulian
- mayor Papiamentu
- mayor Crimean Tatar
- maiur Istriot