"multi-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /ˈmʌl.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmʌl.ti/ [General-American], /ˈmʌl.taɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-multi-.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Latin multī, from multus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|multī}} Latin multī, {{m|la|multus}} multus Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} multi-, {{en-prefix}} multi-
  1. More than one; pertaining to more than one thing. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: pluri-
    Sense id: en-multi--en-prefix-63xeNgya
  2. Many; pertaining to many things. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: poly-, ;, pleo-, pleio- Related terms: multiple, multiply Translations (pertaining to many): բազմ- (bazm-) (Armenian), 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), multi- (Portuguese), много- (mnogo-) (Russian), мульти- (mulʹti-) (Russian), ioma- (Scottish Gaelic), iol- (Scottish Gaelic), multi- (Spanish), pluri- (Spanish), multi- (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-multi--en-prefix-iY0ceTT0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to many': 6 94

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