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Is quorum a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quorum is a Scrabble US word. The word quorum is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is quorum a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quorum is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

QUORUM,

4-letter words (1 found)

ROUM,

3-letter words (6 found)

MOR,MOU,OUR,ROM,RUM,UMU,

2-letter words (7 found)

MO,MU,OM,OR,OU,UM,UR,

You can make 15 words from quorum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of quorum

quorum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔː.ɹəm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔːɹəm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm
  • Hyphenation: quo‧rum

Noun

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.
  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.

Usage notes

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Basque

Etymology

From Latin quōrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwoɾum/ [kwo.ɾũm]
  • Rhymes: -oɾum

Noun

quorum inan

  1. quorum

Declension

Further reading

  • "quorum" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quōrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁɔm/

Noun

quorum m (plural quorums)

  1. quorum

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

quorum m (invariable)

  1. quorum (minimum number of members required)

See also

  • referendum

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷoː.rum/, [ˈkʷoːrʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwo.rum/, [ˈkwɔːrum]

Pronoun

quōrum

  1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of quī

Adjective

quōrum

  1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of quī

Pronoun

quōrum

  1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of quis

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quōrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkfɔ.rum/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrum
  • Syllabification: quo‧rum

Noun

quorum n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative spelling of kworum

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org