quorum

quorum

See also: Quorum and quórum

English

WOTD – 25 October 2007

Etymology

From Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔː.ɹəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔːɹəm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: quo‧rum

Noun

quorum (plural quorums or quora)

1. The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.

   We can discuss the issue tonight, but cannot vote until we have a quorum.

2. A selected body of persons.

Usage notes

The plural quora is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it is not grammatically correct: in Latin quorum is a plural pronoun, not a singular noun.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• disappearing quorum
• inquorate
• quorate
• quorum-busting

Translations

minimum number present for official business

Arabic: نصاب‎ Armenian: քվորում (hy) (kʿvorum) Bulgarian: кворум (bg) m (kvorum) Catalan: quòrum (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 法定人數／法定人数 (zh) (fǎdìng rénshù) Dutch: quorum (nl) Esperanto: kvorumo Finnish: päätösvaltaisuus (fi) (päätösvaltainen as an adjective is more common) French: quorum (fr) m Georgian: კვორუმი (ḳvorumi) German: Quorum (de) n Greek: απαρτία (el) f (apartía) Hebrew: מִנְיָן‎ (he) m (minyán) Hungarian: határozatképesség (hu) (more commonly expressed with the adjective határozatképes) Indonesian: kuorum (id) Irish: córam m Japanese: 定数 (ja) (ていすう, teisū), 定足数 (ていそくすう, teisokusū) Malay: korum Persian: حد نصاب‎ (hadd-e nesâb) Polish: kworum (pl) n, quorum (pl) n Portuguese: quórum (pt) m Romanian: cvorum (ro) m Russian: кво́рум (ru) m (kvórum) Spanish: cuórum (es) m Swedish: beslutsmässighet c, kvorum (sv) Tagalog: kasapatan Thai: องค์ประชุม (ong-bprà-chum), องค์คณะ (ong-ká-ná)

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French

Etymology

From Latin quōrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɔm/

• Audio

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Noun

quorum m (plural quorums)

1. quorum

Further reading

• “quorum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔ.rum/
• Rhymes: -ɔrum
• Hyphenation: quò‧rum

Noun

quorum m (invariable)

1. quorum (minimum number of members required)

See also

• referendum

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷoː.rum/, [ˈkʷoːrʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwo.rum/, [ˈkwɔːrum]

Pronoun

quōrum

1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of quī

Adjective

quōrum

1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of quī

Pronoun

quōrum

1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of quis

Descendants

• English: quorum
• French: quorum m
• Irish: córam
• Italian: quorum
• Polish: kworum
• Portuguese: quórum m
• Russian: кворум m (kvorum)
• → Romanian: cvorum
• Spanish: cuórum m

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkfɔ.rum/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrum
• Syllabification: quo‧rum

Noun

quorum n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative spelling of kworum

Further reading

• quorum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• quorum in Polish dictionaries at PWN