English → Latin
“majority” in Latin
multitūdōA great number; multitude, numerousness.; A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.plūsmore (in quantity); several, many; more, additionalplūrimusmost; very manyplēnusfull; filled; complete; full of; plump; bulkyaetāsthe period of a life: lifetime, lifespan; time of life, period or stage of life, age; an undefined, relatively long peripraeficiōto place in command, put in chargesuffrāgiumvoting tablet; vote; judgementpungōto prick; to puncture; to sting
The English word majority itself goes back to Latin maior, through maiōritātem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
majority
Major part, major pars, major numerus (in comparison with another number): multitudo (a considerable number): often by plures (more) or plurimi (most); e.g., the majority of historians, plures auctores: Servius look care that the majority should not prevail, Servius curavit, ne plurimum plurimi valerent: majority of votes, sententiae plures (of senators or judges): suffragia, or puncta, plurima (of citizens in the comitia): to have the majority, magnis suffragiis superare; pluribus suffragiis vincere: to be acquitted by a very large, immense majority, sententiis fere omnibus absolvi: the majority (in the Senate) decided for the same opinion, pars major in eandem sententiam ibat.
Full age, plena, justa et legitima, aetas.
Rank or office of a major, *munus praefecti (vigilum); praefectura. A great majority, multis partibus plures (e.g., vole with anybody, in alicujus sententiam eunt, Cic., Fam., 1, 2).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for majority?
- The usual Latin words for “majority” are multitūdō, plūs, plūrimus; also plēnus, aetās, praeficiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.