multi

See also: multi- and mulți

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of multituberculate.

Noun

multi (plural multis)

1. (informal, paleontology) A multituberculate.
   • 1996, Michael Novacek, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, p. 316:

     Our Mesozoic antecedents are typified by small size; even the largest of the multis are not larger than a groundhog.

Etymology 2

< multifasciatus

Noun

multi (plural multies)

1. (informal) (small shell-dwelling cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, popular as aquarium fish)

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Verb

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Esperanto

Etymology

From multe (“a lot”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulti/
• Hyphenation: mult‧i
• Rhymes: -ulti

Verb

multi (present multas, past multis, future multos, conditional multus, volitive multu)

1. (intransitive) to be many, be numerous

Conjugation

Conjugation of multi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense multas multis multos active participle multanta multantaj multinta multintaj multonta multontaj acc. multantan multantajn multintan multintajn multontan multontajn nominal active participle multanto multantoj multinto multintoj multonto multontoj acc. multanton multantojn multinton multintojn multonton multontojn adverbial active participle multante multinte multonte infinitive multi imperative multu conditional multus

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Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from multinacionális vállalat (“multinational company”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

multi (plural multik)

1. (colloquial) multinational (a multinational company)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	multi	multik
accusative	multit	multikat
dative	multinak	multiknak
instrumental	multival	multikkal
causal-final	multiért	multikért
translative	multivá	multikká
terminative	multiig	multikig
essive-formal	multiként	multikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	multiban	multikban
superessive	multin	multikon
adessive	multinál	multiknál
illative	multiba	multikba
sublative	multira	multikra
allative	multihoz	multikhoz
elative	multiból	multikból
delative	multiról	multikról
ablative	multitól	multiktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	multié	multiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	multiéi	multikéi

Possessive forms of multi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	multim	multijaim
2nd person sing.	multid	multijaid
3rd person sing.	multija	multijai
1st person plural	multink	multijaink
2nd person plural	multitok	multijaitok
3rd person plural	multijuk	multijaik

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Italian

Verb

multi

1. second-person singular present indicative of multare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of multare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of multare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of multare
5. third-person singular imperative of multare

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.tiː/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.ti/, [ˈmul̪t̪i]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) multī

1. genitive masculine singular of multus
2. nominative masculine plural of multus
3. vocative masculine plural of multus
4. genitive neuter singular of multus

References

• multi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the matter involves much labour and fatigue: res est multi laboris et sudoris
    
  • many learned men; many scholars: multi viri docti, or multi et ii docti (not multi docti)
    
  • to be a great eater: multi cibi esse, edacem esse
    

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Spanish

Etymology

Shortening of multinacional

Noun

multi f (plural multis)

1. multinational