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mayoral

/ˈmeɪəəl/MAY-ur-uhl
/ˈmeɪɚəl/MAY-ur-uhl

Meaningrelating to one who is greater

Common meaning: relating to mayor

Journey through time

  1. Latinmaioremsource
  2. Frenchmaire‘a mayor’source
  3. Middle Englishmairesource
  4. Englishmayor‘the head of a town council’
  5. Englishformed in English from mayormayoral‘relating to mayor’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: relating to one who is greater. It can be inferred from any of: mayor.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from mayor + -al (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • maiorem Latin · source word “greater”

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