quorum

From Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔː.ɹəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔːɹəm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: quo‧rum

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.
3. (computing, distributed systems) The minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system.

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

From Latin quōrum.

• IPA^(key): /kwoɾum/ [kwo.ɾũm]
• Rhymes: -oɾum, -um
• Hyphenation: quo‧rum

quorum inan

1. quorum

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

Borrowed from Latin quōrum.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɔm/

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quorum m (plural quorums)

1. quorum

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

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔ.rum/
• Rhymes: -ɔrum
• Hyphenation: quò‧rum

quorum m (invariable)

1. quorum (minimum number of members required)

• referendum

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷoː.rũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷɔː.rum]

quōrum

1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of quī

quōrum

1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of quī

quōrum

1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of quis

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

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quōrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkfɔ.rum/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrum
• Syllabification: quo‧rum

quorum n (indeclinable)

1. alternative spelling of kworum

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

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quōrum.

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

quorum m

1. alternative form of cuórum

According to Royal 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.

• “quorum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024