"multi-" meaning in English

See multi- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈmʌl.tiː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmʌl.ti/ [General-American], /ˈmʌl.taɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-multi-.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- From late Middle English multi-, from Latin multī, from multus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:inh|enm:multi-<ety:der<la:multī<ety:from<multus>>>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*moltos", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "multus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "multī", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "multi-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "multi-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="multi-">, {{inh|en|enm|multi-}} Middle English multi-, {{der|en|la|multī}} Latin multī Head templates: {{en-prefix}} multi-
  1. More than one; pertaining to more than one thing. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: pluri- Coordinate_terms: bi-, di-, tri-, etc
    Sense id: en-multi--en-prefix-63xeNgya Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 47 53
  2. Many; pertaining to many things. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: poly-, pleo-, pleio- Related terms: multiple, multiply Translations (pertaining to many): բազմ- (bazm-) (Armenian), много- (mnogo-) (Bulgarian), мулти- (multi-) (Bulgarian), multi- (Catalan), pluri- (Catalan), فرە- (fre-) (Central Kurdish), (duō) (Chinese Mandarin), multi- (Czech), multi- (Dutch), moni- (Finnish), multi- (French), multi- (Galician), multi- (German), mehr- (German), πολυ- (poly-) (Greek), il- (Irish), multi- (Italian), (ta) (alt: ) (Japanese), multi- (Malay), neka- (Malay), fler- (Norwegian Bokmål), fleir- (Norwegian Nynorsk), multi- (Occitan), pluri- (Occitan), maniġ- (Old English), چند- (čand-) (Persian), wielo- (Polish), multi- (Polish), multi- (Portuguese), много- (mnogo-) (Russian), мульти- (mulʹti-) (Russian), ioma- (Scottish Gaelic), iol- (Scottish Gaelic), multi- (Spanish), pluri- (Spanish), multi- (Swedish)
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Alternative forms

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}

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