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Sensminority
Espagnol
/minoˈɾia/
fém.savant
Built on the learned stem minor-, not on inherited menor.
Français
/minɔʁite/
fém.savant
Also 'being under age': pendant sa minorité.
Italien
/minoˈrantsa/
fém.savant
Built in Italian on minore 'smaller'.
Portugais
/minoˈɾiɐ/
fém.savant
Roumain
/minoriˈtate/
fém.savant
Catalan
/minuˈɾiə/
fém.savant
Anglais
/maɪˈnɔɹəti/
du latin/français · Middle French minorité (Medieval Latin MINŌRITĀS)
L’ancêtre latin
MINŌREM‘smaller, lesser (comparative of PARVUS)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
The mirror of majority: each language builds it exactly as it built its word for majority (mayoría, majorité, maggioranza), but on the Latin-looking stem minor- rather than Spanish inherited menor.
Parents anglais: minor, minus, minimum, minute
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esSon una minoría en el país.
- frIls forment une minorité dans le pays.
- itSono una minoranza nel paese.
- ptEles são uma minoria no país.
- roSunt o minoritate în țară.
- caSón una minoria al país.
- enThey are a minority in the country.