multi-

See also: multi and mulți

English

Etymology

From late Middle English multi-, from Latin multī, from multus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌl.ti/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌl.ti/, /ˈmʌl.taɪ/

Prefix

multi-

1. More than one; pertaining to more than one thing.

   Synonym: pluri-

   Antonyms: mono-, uni-

   Coordinate terms: bi-, di-, tri-, etc

2. Many; pertaining to many things.

   Synonyms: poly-; pleo-, pleio-

   Antonyms: oligo-, pauci-

Usage notes

The prefix multi- may become mult- before vowels and h: multangular, multhiomycin.

Derived terms

• English terms prefixed with multi-

Related terms

• multiple
• multiply

Translations

pertaining to many

• Armenian: բազմ- (hy) (bazm-)
• Catalan: multi- (ca), pluri- (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多 (zh) (duō)

• Czech: multi- (cs)
• Dutch: multi- (nl)
• Finnish: moni-
• French: multi- (fr)
• Galician: multi- (gl)
• German: multi- (de), mehr-
• Greek: πολυ- (el) (poly-)
• Irish: il-
• Italian: multi- (it)
• Japanese: 多 (ja) (た, ta)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: فرە- (fre-)

• Malay: multi- (ms), neka-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fler-

  Nynorsk: fleir-

• Occitan: multi-, pluri-
• Portuguese: multi-
• Russian: много- (mnogo-), мульти- (ru) (mulʹti-)
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-, iol-
• Spanish: multi- (es), pluri- (es)
• Swedish: multi- (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} mitu (et)

Further reading

• “multi-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “multi-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 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

• Mitul

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈu]

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with multi-

Further reading

• “multi-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “multi-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “multi-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “multi-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin multus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmultɪ]

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with multi-

Further reading

• “multi-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• multi- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin multi (multus).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mul‧ti-

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Dutch terms prefixed with multi-

French

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with multi-

Galician

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with multi-

.

Further reading

• “multi-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

German

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with multi-

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin multus (“much, many”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmulti]
• Hyphenation: mul‧ti

Prefix

multi-

1. (nominal prefix) multi-

Derived terms

Hungarian adjectives prefixed with multi-

Hungarian nouns prefixed with multi-

Indonesian

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊlti]
• Hyphenation: mul‧ti

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with multi-

Further reading

• “multi-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Alternative forms

• molti-

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with multi-

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi- (many)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with multi-

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with multi-

Further reading

• “multi-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10