majorer

French

Etymology

From Latin majorare (“to augment”), derived from Latin māiōrem.

Pronunciation

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Verb

majorer

1. (transitive) to increase

   Synonym: augmenter

2. (transitive) to overestimate, to exaggerate

   Synonym: exagérer

Conjugation

Conjugation of majorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	majorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	majorant /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		majoré /ma.ʒɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/	majores /ma.ʒɔʁ/	majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/	majorons /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɔ̃/	majorez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁe/	majorent /ma.ʒɔʁ/
	imperfect	majorais /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛ/	majorais /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛ/	majorait /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛ/	majorions /ma.ʒɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	majoriez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁje/	majoraient /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	majorai /ma.ʒɔ.ʁe/	majoras /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa/	majora /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa/	majorâmes /ma.ʒɔ.ʁam/	majorâtes /ma.ʒɔ.ʁat/	majorèrent /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	majorerai /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	majoreras /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	majorera /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	majorerons /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	majorerez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	majoreront /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	majorerais /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	majorerais /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	majorerait /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	majorerions /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	majoreriez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	majoreraient /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/	majores /ma.ʒɔʁ/	majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/	majorions /ma.ʒɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	majoriez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁje/	majorent /ma.ʒɔʁ/
	imperfect2	majorasse /ma.ʒɔ.ʁas/	majorasses /ma.ʒɔ.ʁas/	majorât /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa/	majorassions /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	majorassiez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa.sje/	majorassent /ma.ʒɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/	—	majorons /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɔ̃/	majorez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• majoration

Further reading

• “majorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

majorer

1. indefinite plural of major