mayoral
See also: Mayoral
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /meɪˈɔː.ɹəl/, /ˈmɛə.ɹəl/, /mɛːɹɘl/
- (US) IPA(key): /meɪˈɔ.ɹəl/, /ˈmeɪ.ə.ɹəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
Adjective edit
mayoral (comparative more mayoral, superlative most mayoral)
- Relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor).
- The mayoral seal was applied to all official correspondence of the mayor.
Translations edit
relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor)
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French edit
Adjective edit
mayoral (feminine mayorale, masculine plural mayoraux, feminine plural mayorales)
- Alternative spelling of maïoral
Further reading edit
- “mayoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From mayor (“mayor, main”) + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mayoral m (plural mayorales)
- foreman, overseer
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49r:
- […] e enbẏo amonte libano .lxxx. mil om̃s q̃ taiaſſen madera. e .lxx. mil maçoneros pora la obra de la piedra ſin los maẏorales q̃ les comendauan q̃ auien a fer.
- […] And he sent to Mount Lebanon eighty thousand men to cut wood and seventy thousand masons for the working of stone, besides the foremen who commanded them what they were to do.
Descendants edit
- Spanish: mayoral
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish mayoral. Analyzable as mayor + -al.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ma‧yo‧ral
Noun edit
mayoral m (plural mayorales)
Further reading edit
- “mayoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014