multi-
English
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From late Middle English multi-, from Latin multī, from multus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌl.tiː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌl.ti/, /ˈmʌl.taɪ/
Prefix
[edit]multi-
Usage notes
[edit]The prefix multi- may become mult- before vowels and h: multangular, multhiomycin.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]pertaining to many
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Further reading
[edit]- “multi-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “multi-”, in Merriam-Webster.com 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
[edit]Catalan
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[edit]multi-
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[edit]- “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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[edit]multi-
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[edit]- “multi-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- multi- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Dutch
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[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mul‧ti-
Prefix
[edit]multi-
French
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[edit]multi-
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[edit]Galician
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[edit]multi-
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- “multi-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
German
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[edit]Hungarian
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[edit]From Latin multus (“much, many”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]multi-
- (nominal prefix) multi-
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
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[edit]- “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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[edit]Portuguese
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[edit]multi-
- multi- (many)
Derived terms
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[edit]- “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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[edit]multi-
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[edit]- “multi-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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