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

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkwɔː.rəm/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkwɔːr.əm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm

• Audio (US)

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• 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.

Derived terms

• disappearing quorum
• inquorate
• quorate
• quorum-busting

Translations

minimum number of members required

• Arabic: نصاب (ar)
• Armenian: քվորում (hy) (kʿvorum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法定人數 (cmn), 法定人数 (cmn) (fǎdìng rénshù)

• Dutch: quorum (nl)
• Esperanto: kvorumo (eo)
• Finnish: päätösvaltainen (fi) joukko (fi)
• French: quorum (fr) m

• German: Quorum (de) n
• Irish: córam (ga) m
• Japanese: 定数 (ja) (ていすう, teisū), 定足数 (ja) (ていそくすう, teisokusū)
• Portuguese: quórum (pt) m
• Russian: кворум (ru) (kvórum) m
• Spanish: cuórum (es) m

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Italian

Noun

quorum m (invariable)

1. quorum

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Latin

Pronoun

quōrum

1. genitive masculine plural of quī
2. genitive neuter plural of quī

Descendants

• English: quorum
• Spanish: quórum m