majorité
French, noun/ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.te/
majorité is spelled M-A-J-O-R-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written French, the 902nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Majorité is a French feminine noun meaning “majority” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe des votants ou des suffrages plus nombreux que les autres, soit majorité absolue ou majorité relative”.
What does majorité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemajority
majorité absolue
- 2
feminineadulthood, age of majority
majorité sexuelle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe des votants ou des suffrages plus nombreux que les autres, soit majorité absolue ou majorité relative. 2. Parti qui, dans une assemblée, réunit ordinairement le plus grand nombre de suffrages. 3. Le plus grand nombre. 4. État de celui qui est majeur. Majorité civile.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of majorité
- majorités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce majorité?
- /ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.te/
- \ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.te\
- [ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to majorité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is majorité in French?
majorité appears 93 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).