# multi-
## English
### Etymology

From late Middle English multi-, from Latin multī, from multus.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmʌl.tiː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈmʌl.ti/, /ˈmʌl.taɪ/

### Prefix

multi-
* More than one; pertaining to more than one thing.
    Synonym: pluri-
    Antonyms: mono-, uni-
    Coordinate terms: bi-, di-, tri-, etc
* Many; pertaining to many things.
    Synonyms: poly-; pleo-, pleio-
    Antonyms: oligo-, pauci-

#### Usage notes

The prefix multi- may become mult- before vowels and h: multangular, multhiomycin.

#### Derived terms

* English terms prefixed with multi- multiaccess multiaccount multiacetylated multiacetylation multiacinar multiacre multiact multiactivation multiactivity multiactuator multiadaptive multi-addiction multiaddress multiaddressing multiadhesive multiadjusted multiage multiagency multiagent multiairport multialarm multialbum multialgebra multialgorithm multialgorithmic multialignment multiallelism multiallelic multiallergen multialphabet multialphabetic multialternative multiamorous multiamp multiamplifier multianalyser multianalyte multianalytical multiangle multiangled multiangular multianimal multiannual multiannually multianode multianswer multiantenna multiantennary multiantibiotic multiantigen multiantigenic multiantimicrobial multiapartment multiaperture multiapp multiapplication multiapproach multiarc multiarchitecture multiarea multiareolate multiargument multiarm multiarmed multiarray multiarticular multiarticulate multiarts multi-aspect multiaspect multiaspectual multiassay multiassembly multiasset multiatom multiatomic multiattack multiattribute multiattributive multiauthor multiauthored multiauthority multiauxic multi-award-winning multiaxial multiaxis multiaxonal multibacillary multibackground multibacterial multibag multibagger multibalconied multiball multiband multibanded multibank multibar multibaric multibarrel multibarreled multibarrelled multibarrier multibaryon multibaryonic multibase multibasic multibasin multibathroom multibay multibead multibeam multibed multibedroom multibehavior multibet multibilayer multi-billion multibillion multibillionaire multibillions multibiofunctional multibiomarker multibiometric multibiometrics multibird multibirth multibit multiblade multibladed multiblock multiblog multiboard multibodied multibody multiboob multibook multiboot multibooting multiborough multiboson multibosonic multibottle multibounce multibracket multibranch multibranched multibranching multibrand multibranded multibranding multibrane multibreak multibreast multibreather multibreed multibridge multibrood multibrooded multibudded multibuffer multibuffered multibuffering multibuilding multibump multibureau multibureaucratic multiburial multibus multibusiness multibutton multibuttoned multibuy multibuyer multibyte multicable multicache multicaliber multicalibre multicaloric multicamera multicameral multicameralism multicamerate multicampaign multicampus multicanaliculate multicancer multicandidacy multicandidate multicanonical multicanonicity multicapillary multicapitate multicapsid multicapsular multicapture multicar multicarat multi-carbon

#### Related terms

* multiple
* multiply

#### Translations

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### Further reading

* “multi-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “multi-”, in Merriam-Webster 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

* Mitul

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈu]

### Prefix

multi-
* multi-

#### Derived terms
### 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, 2025
* “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.

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Latin multus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmultɪ]

### Prefix

multi-
* multi-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “multi-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* multi- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin multi (multus).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mul‧ti-

### Prefix

multi-
* multi-

## French
### Etymology

From Latin multus.

### Prefix

multi-
* multi-

#### Derived terms
## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin multus.

### Prefix

multi-
* multi-

#### Derived terms

From

### Further reading

* “multi-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Etymology

From Latin multus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

multi-
* multi-

#### Derived terms
## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Latin multus (“much, many”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmulti]
* Hyphenation: mul‧ti

### Prefix

multi-
* (nominal prefix) multi-

#### Derived terms
### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Latin multus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mʊlti]
* Hyphenation: mul‧ti

### Prefix

multi-
* multi-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “multi-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* molti-

### Etymology

From Latin multus.

### Prefix

multi-
* multi-

#### Derived terms
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multus.

### Prefix

multi-
* multi- (many)

#### Derived terms
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin multus.

### Prefix

multi-
* multi-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “multi-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10