maggiore

See also: Maggiore

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maggiore.

Adjective

maggiore (not comparable)

  1. (music) major

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin maiōrem /majjoːrɛ̃/, accusative case of maior, from Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂yós, from *méǵh₂s (big”, “great).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /madˈd͡ʒo.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: mag‧gió‧re

Adjective

maggiore (plural maggiori) (comparative of grande)

  1. bigger, greater
  2. biggest, greatest
  3. longer, longest
  4. larger, largest
  5. most important
  6. major
  7. greater than
  8. older, oldest
  9. most of

Usage notes

  • The apocopic form maggior can optionally be used before singular nouns.

Derived terms

Noun

maggiore m or f by sense (plural maggiori)

  1. oldest, elder
  2. (military) major

Further reading

  • maggiore in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • maggiore in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • maggiore in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • maggiore in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • maggiore in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • maggiore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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