mayoral
See also: Mayoral
English
Etymology
mayor + -al
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /meɪˈɔː.ɹəl/, /ˈmɛə.ɹəl/, /mɛːɹɘl/
- (US) IPA(key): /meɪˈɔ.ɹəl/, /ˈmeɪ.ə.ɹəl/
Adjective
mayoral (comparative more mayoral, superlative most mayoral)
- Relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor).
- The mayoral seal was applied to all official correspondence of the mayor.
Translations
relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor)
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French
Adjective
mayoral (feminine mayorale, masculine plural mayoraux, feminine plural mayorales)
- Alternative spelling of maïoral
Further reading
- “mayoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old Spanish
Etymology
From mayor (“mayor, main”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /majoˈɾal/
Noun
mayoral m (plural mayorales)
- foreman, overseer
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49r.
- […] e enbẏo amonte libano. lxxx. mil oḿs q́ taiaſſen madera. e .lxx. mil maçoneros pora la obra de la piedra ſin los maẏorales q́ les comendauan q́ auien a fer.
- […] And he sent to Mount Lebanon eighty thousand men to cut wood and seventy thousand masons for the working of stone, besides the foremen who commanded them what they were to do.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49r.
Descendants
- Spanish: mayoral
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish mayoral. Analyzable as mayor + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maʝoˈɾal/ [ma.ʝoˈɾal]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maʃoˈɾal/ [ma.ʃoˈɾal]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maʒoˈɾal/ [ma.ʒoˈɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ma‧yo‧ral
Noun
mayoral m (plural mayorales)
- farm manager, steward
- foreman, overseer
- head shepherd
Further reading
- “mayoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014