plurality

majorité relative

Part supérieure à chacune des autres, surtout pour les votes, même si elle n’atteint pas la moitié.

En anglais simple : A share larger than any other share, especially of votes, even if less than half.

• No candidate won a majority, but Lee won a plurality.
• The party received a plurality of votes.
• A plurality supported the first option.

Comment l'utiliser : a plurality of something (She won a plurality of the votes.)

Synonymes : relative majority

Expressions courantes : win a plurality, plurality of votes

pluralité, multiplicité

Fait d’exister en grand nombre.

En anglais simple : The state of existing in large numbers.

• The city celebrates cultural plurality.
• The essay examines the plurality of possible worlds.
• A plurality of voices gives the debate its strength.

Synonymes : multiplicity, numerousness

Expressions courantes : cultural plurality, plurality of voices

multitude, grand nombre

Beaucoup de personnes ou de choses considérées ensemble.

En anglais simple : A large number of people or things considered together.

• The committee considered a plurality of proposals.
• We need a plurality of voices in this discussion.
• Her work brings together a plurality of traditions.

Comment l'utiliser : a plurality of something (The report draws on a plurality of sources.)

Synonymes : multitude, large number

Expressions courantes : plurality of ideas, plurality of sources

pluralité

Fait de comprendre plus d’une personne ou d’une chose.

En anglais simple : The state of consisting of more than one person or thing.

• The ending marks plurality.
• This language uses a separate word to express plurality.
• The distinction between singularity and plurality affects the verb.

Synonymes : pluralness

Contraires : singularity

Expressions courantes : mark plurality, express plurality