Translation for 'A major' from English to French

in a major key

en majeur {adv}mus.

It's a major problem!

C'est un problème majeur !

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to take a major risk

risquer gros

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to blow sth. up into a major issue

gonfler qc. [incident] [fam.] [exagérer]

to discern a number of major points

dégager quelques points forts

to pull off a major deal [idiom]

réussir un gros coup [loc.]

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major

commandant {m}mil.

majeur {adj}

capital {adj} [importance]

major [considerable]

considérable {adj}

fort {adj} [considérable]

drum-major

tambour-major {m}mus.

major power

grande puissance {f}pol.

major demonstration

grande manifestation {f}pol.

major scale

gamme {f} majeuremus.

major delay

important retard {m}

major error

erreur {f} capitale

major general

général {m} de divisionmil.occup.

major role

rôle {m} majeurfilmRadioTVthéâtre

major [problem]

grave {adj} [problème]

major [Am.]

matière {f} principaleéduc.sci.

major (key)

mode {m} majeurmus.

D major

ré {m} majeurmus.

major problem

grand problème {m}

major nutrients

principaux nutriments {m.pl}alim.biol.

major offensive

attaque {f} de grande enverguremil.

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• Motivation was also a major asset: each colonial capital had its own newspapers and printers, and the Patriots had more popular support than the Loyalists.
• In the past and present, amateur astronomers have played a major role in discovering new comets.

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• Albanian folk music is a prominent part of the national identity, and continues to play a major part in overall Albanian music.
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• The states and the Confederation Congress both incurred large debts during the Revolutionary War, and how to repay those debts became a major issue of debate following the War.

• For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself.
• The Maghrebi lexicographer Ibn Manzur compiled Lisān al-ʿArab ([...] , "Tongue of Arabs"), a major reference dictionary of Arabic, in 1290.