quorum

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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

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.
  3. (computing, distributed systems) The minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system.

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

Translations

Basque

Etymology

From Latin quōrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

quorum inan

  1. quorum

Declension

Declension of quorum (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive quorum quoruma quorumak
ergative quorumek quorumak quorumek
dative quorumi quorumari quorumei
genitive quorumen quorumaren quorumen
comitative quorumekin quorumarekin quorumekin
causative quorumengatik quorumarengatik quorumengatik
benefactive quorumentzat quorumarentzat quorumentzat
instrumental quorumez quorumaz quorumez
inessive quorumetan quorumean quorumetan
locative quorumetako quorumeko quorumetako
allative quorumetara quorumera quorumetara
terminative quorumetaraino quorumeraino quorumetaraino
directive quorumetarantz quorumerantz quorumetarantz
destinative quorumetarako quorumerako quorumetarako
ablative quorumetatik quorumetik quorumetatik
partitive quorumik — —
prolative quorumtzat — —

Further reading

  • "quorum" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quōrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

quorum m (plural quorums)

  1. quorum

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

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
  • → Romanian: cvorum n
  • → Russian: кворум m (kvorum)
  • → Spanish: cuórum m

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quōrum.

Pronunciation

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
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