Grammatical class

Noun

majorité

majority

Details

Syllables

ma-jo-ri-té

Phonetics

ma.ʒo.ʁi.te

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

4223

Freq. (movies)

3449

Freq. (news)

451

Sentences

Majorité sexuelle

Age of consent (literally, “sexual adulthood”)

A1

La majorité des gens m'appellent Tom.

Most people call me Tom.

A1

La majorité des policiers sont des hommes.

The majority of police officers are men.

A1

La majorité des gens se marient tôt ou tard.

The majority of people marry sooner or later.

A1

Je suis né dans un pays à majorité musulmane.

I was born in a Muslim-majority country.

A1

Ils croyaient qu'ils étaient en majorité.

They believed they were in the majority.

A2

Ma fille atteindra sa majorité cette année.

My daughter will come of age this year.

A2

La majorité des citoyens luxembourgeois ont pour langue maternelle le luxembourgeois.

The majority of Luxembourg's citizens have Luxembourgish as their native language.

B1

Ils avaient la majorité au Parlement.

They had the majority in Parliament.

B1

La majorité a fait passer sa loi fiscale.

The ruling party pushed its tax bill through.

B1

La démocratie est la dictature de la majorité.

Democracy is the dictatorship of the majority.

B1

Maintenant que tu as atteint la majorité, tu devrais être responsable de ce que tu fais.

Now that you have come of age, you should be responsible for what you do.

B1