μειονότητα

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly from μείον (meíon, minus) + -ότητα (-ótita) (Katharevousa: μειονότης (meionótis)), calque of French minorité. Created in analogy to πλειονότητα (pleionótita).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.oˈno.ti.ta/
  • Hyphenation: μει‧ο‧νό‧τη‧τα

Noun

μειονότητα • (meionótita) f

  1. a member of an ethnic minority
  2. (rare sense) minority: any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
    Antonyms: πλειονότητα (pleionótita), πλειοψηφία (pleiopsifía)

Declension

  • μειονοτικός (meionotikós, of an ethnic minority)

References

  1. μειονότητα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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