multi-
English
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From late Middle English multi-, from Latin multī, from multus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌl.tiː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌl.ti/, /ˈmʌl.taɪ/
Prefix
multi-
Usage notes
The prefix multi- may become mult- before vowels and h: multangular, multhiomycin.
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Translations
pertaining to many
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Further reading
- “multi-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “multi-”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “multi-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin multus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˌmul.ti]
Prefix
multi-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “multi-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “multi-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “multi-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “multi-”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Czech
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmultɪ]
Prefix
multi-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “multi-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- multi- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mul‧ti-
Prefix
multi-
French
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Prefix
multi-
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Galician
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Prefix
multi-
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From
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Further reading
- “multi-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
German
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Prefix
multi-
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Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin multus (“much, many”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmulti]
- Hyphenation: mul‧ti
Prefix
multi-
- (nominal prefix) multi-
Derived terms
References
- ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʊlti]
- Hyphenation: mul‧ti
Prefix
multi-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “multi-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
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Prefix
multi-
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Portuguese
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Learned borrowing from Latin multus.
Prefix
multi-
- multi- (many)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “multi-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “multi-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /multi/ [mul̪.t̪i]
- Syllabification: mul‧ti-
Prefix
multi-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “multi-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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