majorat
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French majorat.
=== Noun ===
majorat (countable and uncountable, plural majorats)
(law) primogeniture
(law) property that descends with a title
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
From majeur + -at.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa/
=== Noun ===
majorat m (plural majorats)
majorat
=== Further reading ===
“majorat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin maiōrātus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /maˈjɔ.rat/
Rhymes: -ɔrat
Syllabification: ma‧jo‧rat
=== Noun ===
majorat m inan (related adjective majoratowy or majoracki)
(uncountable, law) majorat, primogeniture (principle that the eldest child has an exclusive right of inheritance)
Coordinate term: minorat
(countable) property inherited by such a principle
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“majorat”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
“majorat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from French majorat.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ma.ʒoˈrat/
Rhymes: -at
Hyphenation: ma‧jo‧rat
==== Noun ====
majorat n (plural majorate)
(uncountable) age (time of life when one attains full person rights)
a ajunge la majorat ― to come of age
18th birthday party
(law) primogeniture
(obsolete, rare) synonym of majoritate (“majority”)
===== Declension =====
===== Related terms =====
major
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
majorat (past participle of majora)
past participle of majora
=== Further reading ===
“majorat”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026