πλειοψηφία

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Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learnedly from Koine Greek πλειοψηφία (pleiopsēphía), [1] form of πλειονοψηφία (pleionopsēphía), from πλείων (pleíōn) (stem πλειο- (pleio-)) + ψῆφ(ος) (psêph(os)) + -ία (-ía)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pli.o.psiˈfi.a/
  • Hyphenation: πλει‧ο‧ψη‧φί‧α

Noun

πλειοψηφία (pleiopsifíaf (plural πλειοψηφίες)

  1. majority of votes
    Antonyms: μειοψηφία (meiopsifía), μειονοψηφία (meionopsifía)
  2. the one who has the majority of votes (e.g. at parliament)
    Antonym: μειοψηφία (meiopsifía)
    ο αρχηγός της πλειοψηφίαςo archigós tis pleiopsifíasthe majority leader
  3. (general) majority
    Synonym: πλειονότητα (pleionótita)
    Η πλειοψηφία των μαθητών σε αυτό το σχολείο παίζει ποδόσφαιρο.
    I pleiopsifía ton mathitón se aftó to scholeío paízei podósfairo.
    The majority of the students in this school play football.

Declension

singular plural
nominative πλειοψηφία (pleiopsifía) πλειοψηφίες (pleiopsifíes)
genitive πλειοψηφίας (pleiopsifías) πλειοψηφιών (pleiopsifión)
accusative πλειοψηφία (pleiopsifía) πλειοψηφίες (pleiopsifíes)
vocative πλειοψηφία (pleiopsifía) πλειοψηφίες (pleiopsifíes)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ πλειοψηφία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language