minorité
French, noun/mi.nɔ.ʁi.te/
minorité is spelled M-I-N-O-R-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minorité is a French feminine noun meaning “minority (the state of being a minor; youth; period of life preceding adulthood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le petit nombre, par opposition à majorité”.
What does minorité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineminority (the state of being a minor; youth; period of life preceding adulthood)
- 2
feminineminority (any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le petit nombre, par opposition à majorité. 2. Partie la moins nombreuse d’une assemblée, qui combat certaines opinions, certaines mesures préférées par la partie la plus nombreuse. 3. État d’une personne mineure. 4. Minorité des souverains ou temps qu’a duré cette minorité.
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 minorité
- minorités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minorité?
- /mi.nɔ.ʁi.te/
- \mi.nɔ.ʁi.te\
- [mi.nɔ.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 minorité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minorité in French?
minorité appears 12 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).