multimodal

English

Alternative forms

• multi-modal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multimodus, adapted to English using the suffix -al.

Adjective

multimodal

1. Having or employing multiple modes.

   multimodal transport

   multimodal AI models

   • 2023 May 19, Matteo Wong, “ChatGPT Is Already Obsolete”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2023:

     The push for multimodal models is not entirely new; Google, Facebook, and others introduced automated image-captioning systems nearly a decade ago.

   • 2024 September 18, “Network News: Hitachi to unify TfW bookings”, in RAIL, number 1018, page 11:

     Over the course of the five-year partnership, Hitachi will deliver a multimodal digital booking system that will include all modes of public transport.

Derived terms

• multimodality

 

Translations

having, or employing multiple modes

• Armenian: մուլտիմոդալ (multimodal)
• Czech: multimodální
• German: multimodal (de)
• Greek: πολυτροπικός (el) (polytropikós)
• Russian: мультимода́льный (ru) (mulʹtimodálʹnyj)

Spanish

Etymology

From multi- +‎ modal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /multimoˈdal/ [mul̪.t̪i.moˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mul‧ti‧mo‧dal

Adjective

multimodal m or f (masculine and feminine plural multimodales)

1. multimodal

Related terms

• multimodo