maire
French
noun
Definitions
- mayor
- by restriction male mayor
Etymology
Inherited from Old French maire (head of a city town government) 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
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Cognates and derived terms
- mayor English
- määri Finnish
- maior Latin
- maior domus Latin
- māior Latin
- māior domūs Latin
- māiōrem, māior, maior Latin
- Major German
- mairesse French
- mairie French
- majeur French
- maïoral French
- maïorat French
- вице-мэр Russian
- мэр Russian
- мэрия Russian
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- *mag- Proto-Indo-European
- méara Irish
- maior Old French
- maire Old French
- maior Galician
- meier Middle Dutch
- maer Old Irish
- maire Norman
- maior Old Portuguese
- moor Old Portuguese
- мајор Macedonian
- mayor Asturian
- maiôr Friulian
- maiur Istriot