multe

See also: multé and múlté

Esperanto

Etymology

From multa (“many, much, a lot”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulte/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ulte
• Syllabification: mul‧te

Adverb

multe

2. a lot

   Antonym: malmulte

   Kiom da katoj vi havas? Mi havas multe. ― How many cats do you have? I have a lot.

   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     Kiel junulino ŝi multe vojaĝis en Eŭropo.

     As a young woman, she travelled a lot in Europe.

Usage notes

Multe is often used in conjunction with the preposition da, forming the phrase a lot of.

Mi havas multe da katoj.

I have a lot of cats.

Further reading

• “multe”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “multe”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
• Wells, John C. (1992), “mult/a, far, lot, much, plenty”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[2], →ISBN, pages 118, 251, 299, 312, 335
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “deal, lot, plenty, way, well”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 154, 307, 389, 576, 579
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “mult-a”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[4], →OL, page 278
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “mult-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OCLC, page 97

Interlingua

Determiner

multe

1. (quantitative) many

Related terms

• multo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul.te/
• Rhymes: -ulte
• Hyphenation: mùl‧te

Noun

multe f

1. plural of multa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊɫ.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmul.te]

Adjective

multe

1. vocative masculine singular of multus

Middle English

Noun

multe

1. alternative form of milte

Old French

Adjective

multe m (oblique and nominative feminine singular multe)

1. alternative form of molt

Adverb

multe

1. alternative form of molt

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmuw.t͡ʃi/ [ˈmuʊ̯.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmuw.t͡ʃi/ [ˈmuʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmuw.te/ [ˈmuʊ̯.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.tɨ/ [ˈmuɫ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: mul‧te

Verb

multe

1. inflection of multar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul.te/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ulte
• Hyphenation: mul‧te

Adjective

multe

1. feminine plural of mult (“many”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulte/ [ˈmul̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ulte
• Syllabification: mul‧te

Verb

multe

1. inflection of multar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative