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quorum

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See also:Quorumandquórum

English

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WOTD – 25 October 2007

Etymology

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FromLatinquōrum, genitive plural form ofquī(“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quorum (pluralquorumsorquora)

  1. Theminimum number ofmembersrequired for a group to officially conductbusiness and to castvotes, often but not necessarily amajority orsupermajority.
    We can discuss the issue tonight but cannot vote until we have aquorum.
    • 2021 August 19, Dianne Gallagher, “Texas Democrats’ effort to freeze voting bill ends”, inCNN‎[1]:
      Texas House Democrats’ historicquorum break unexpectedly ended Thursday evening when at least three new Democrats returned to the floor, paving the way for state Republicans to pass restrictive voting legislation.
      The surprise turn of events quickly led to public accusations of betrayal among Democrats, as the House now has the required two-thirds of members necessary for aquorum.
    • 2024 December 7, Zachary B. Wolf, “What will be the signature achievement of Trump 2.0?”, inCNN‎[2]:
      They may not be using the same sort of hard-charging tactics we saw in the first Trump administration, when they would deny Republicansquorums for votes in committee or those kinds of things, but what we will see is they’re going to ask hard questions and make made-for-TV moments.
  2. Aselected body of persons.
  3. (computing, distributed systems) The minimum number of votes that a distributedtransaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system.

Usage notes

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The pluralquora is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it is not grammatically correct: in Latinquorum is a plural pronoun, not a singular noun.

Derived terms

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Translations

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minimum number present for official business

Basque

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Etymology

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FromLatinquōrum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quorum inan

  1. quorum

Declension

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Declension ofquorum(inan C-stem)
indefinitesingularpluralproximal plural
absolutivequorumquorumaquorumakquorumok
ergativequorumekquorumakquorumekquorumok
dativequorumiquorumariquorumeiquorumoi
genitivequorumenquorumarenquorumenquorumon
comitativequorumekinquorumarekinquorumekinquorumokin
causativequorumengatikquorumarengatikquorumengatikquorumongatik
benefactivequorumentzatquorumarentzatquorumentzatquorumontzat
instrumentalquorumezquorumazquorumezquorumotaz
innesivequorumetanquorumeanquorumetanquorumotan
locativequorumetakoquorumekoquorumetakoquorumotako
allativequorumetaraquorumeraquorumetaraquorumotara
terminativequorumetarainoquorumerainoquorumetarainoquorumotaraino
directivequorumetarantzquorumerantzquorumetarantzquorumotarantz
destinativequorumetarakoquorumerakoquorumetarakoquorumotarako
ablativequorumetatikquorumetikquorumetatikquorumotatik
partitivequorumik———
prolativequorumtzat———

Further reading

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  • “quorum”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinquōrum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quorum m (pluralquorums)

  1. quorum

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromLatinquōrum, genitive plural form ofquī(“who, which”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quorum m (invariable)

  1. quorum(minimum number of members required)

See also

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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quōrum

  1. genitivemasculine/neuterplural ofquī

Adjective

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quōrum

  1. genitivemasculine/neuterplural ofquī

Pronoun

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quōrum

  1. genitivemasculine/neuterplural ofquis

Descendants

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The word has been borrowed to mean the minimum number of members in an organisation required to reach a valid consensus.

Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromLatinquōrum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quorum n (indeclinable)

  1. alternative spelling ofkworum

Further reading

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  • quorum inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • quorum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromLatinquōrum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkwoɾum/[ˈkwo.ɾũm]
  • Rhymes:-oɾum
  • Syllabification:quo‧rum

Noun

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quorum m

  1. alternative form ofcuórum

Usage notes

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According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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