multi-

See also: multi and mulți

English

Etymology

From Latin multī, from multus.

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

multi-

1. More than one; pertaining to more than one thing.
2. Many; pertaining to many things.

Synonyms

• (many): poly- (from Ancient Greek)
• (more than one): pluri- (from Latin)

Antonyms

• (many): oligo- (from Ancient Greek)
• (many): pauci- (from Latin, rare)
• (more than one): mono- (from Ancient Greek)
• (more than one): uni- (from Latin)

Derived terms

• ► English words prefixed with multi-

Related terms

• multiple
• multiply

Translations

pertaining to many

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

  Mandarin: 多 (zh) (duō)

• Czech: multi- (cs)
• Finnish: moni-
• French: multi- (fr)
• Galician: multi-
• German: multi- (de), mehr-
• Greek: πολυ- (el) (poly-)
• Irish: il-
• Italian: multi- (it)

• Japanese: 多 (ja) (た, ta)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: فرە-‎ (ku) (fre-)

• Malay: multi-
• 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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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

► Catalan words 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.
• “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.

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Czech

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

► Czech words prefixed with multi-

Further reading

• multi- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• multi- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin multi (multus)

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mul‧ti-

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

► Dutch words prefixed with multi-

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French

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

► French words prefixed with multi-

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

► Galician words prefixed with multi-

Further reading

• “multi-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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German

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

► German words prefixed with multi-

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin multus (“much, many”).

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

multi-

1. (nominal prefix) multi-

Derived terms

► Hungarian words prefixed with multi-

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

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Italian

Alternative forms

• molti-

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

► Italian words prefixed with multi-

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi- (many)

Derived terms

► Portuguese words prefixed with multi-

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Prefix

multi-

1. multi-

Derived terms

► Spanish words prefixed with multi-

Further reading

• “multi-” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.