minoritas
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed minor + -itas, learned borrowing from Latin minōritās.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mi‧no‧ri‧tas
Noun
minoritas (first-person possessive minoritasku, second-person possessive minoritasmu, third-person possessive minoritasnya)
- minority
- Antonym: mayoritas
Alternative forms
- minoriti (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading
- “minoritas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From minor + -tās.
Noun
minōritās f (genitive minōritātis); third declension
- minority (age)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | minōritās | minōritātēs |
| Genitive | minōritātis | minōritātum |
| Dative | minōritātī | minōritātibus |
| Accusative | minōritātem | minōritātēs |
| Ablative | minōritāte | minōritātibus |
| Vocative | minōritās | minōritātēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: minoritat
- French: minorité
- Galician: menoridade
- Occitan: minoritat
- Italian: minorità
- Portuguese: menoridade
- Romanian: minoritate
- Spanish: minoridad
References
- minoritas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- minoritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- minoritas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Spanish
Adjective
minoritas m pl or f pl
- plural of minorita
Noun
minoritas m pl
- plural of minorita