majorat

See also: majorât, and Majorat

English

Etymology

From French majorat.

Noun

majorat (countable and uncountable, plural majorats)

1. (law) primogeniture
2. (law) property that descends with a title

French

Etymology

From majeur +‎ -at.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa/

• Audio:

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Noun

majorat m (plural majorats)

1. majorat

Further reading

• “majorat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French majorat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒoˈrat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: ma‧jo‧rat

Noun

majorat n (plural majorate)

1. (uncountable) age (time of life when one attains full person rights)

   a ajunge la majorat ― to come of age

2. 18th birthday party

   Am fost invitat la majoratul tău.

   I was invited to your 18th birthday party.

3. (law) primogeniture
4. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of majoritate (“majority”)

Declension

Declension of majorat

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) majorat	majoratul	(niște) majorate	majoratele
genitive/dative	(unui) majorat	majoratului	(unor) majorate	majoratelor
vocative	majoratule		majoratelor

Related terms

• major

Etymology 2

Verb

majorat (past participle of majora)

1. past participle of majora

Further reading

• majorat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)