multilateralis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multus

Latin latus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin laterālis

Latin multilaterālis

From multus + laterālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mʊɫ.tɪ.ɫa.tɛˈraː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mul.ti.la.teˈraː.lis]

Adjective

multilaterālis (neuter multilaterāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. multilateral
   • 2026 April 9, Peter Gluckman, Diplomatia scientifica: ab utopia ad pragmatismum‎^[1], International Science Council, archived from the original on 7 June 2026:

     Multae sunt causae cur mundus spatium collaborationis multilateralis reconstruere debeat.

     There are many reasons why the world should rebuild the space for multilateral collaboration.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	multilaterālis	multilaterāle		multilaterālēs	multilaterālia
genitive	multilaterālis			multilaterālium
dative	multilaterālī			multilaterālibus
accusative	multilaterālem	multilaterāle		multilaterālīs multilaterālēs	multilaterālia
ablative	multilaterālī			multilaterālibus
vocative	multilaterālis	multilaterāle		multilaterālēs	multilaterālia