"multimodal" meaning in English

See multimodal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: multi-modal [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin multimod(us) English -al English multimodal From Latin multimod(us) + English -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|la:multimodus<alt:multimod(us)>|-al|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin multimod(us) English -al English multimodal [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mel-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ml̥tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*moltos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "multus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "measure", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*med-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*medos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "modus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "denominative adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "second declension suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "possessive", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "possessive", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "possessive", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "e-grade", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "vrddhi", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "thematic", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "thematic", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-os", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Archaic Latin", "term" : "-os", "lang" : "itc-ala" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-us", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "multimodus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-al", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "multimodal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="multimodal"> From Latin multimod(us) + English -al. Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} multimodal
  1. Having or employing multiple modes. Derived forms: multimodality, multimodally, multimodalness Related terms: multimodel (english: not to be confused) Translations (having, or employing multiple modes): մուլտիմոդալ (multimodal) (Armenian), multimodální (Czech), multimodal (German), πολυτροπικός (polytropikós) (Greek), мультимода́льный (mulʹtimodálʹnyj) (Russian)

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "multimodal",
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      "english": "not to be confused",
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      "word": "multimodel"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "multimodal",
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      "word": "մուլտիմոդալ"
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      "sense": "having, or employing multiple modes",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "having, or employing multiple modes",
      "word": "multimodal"
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      "roman": "polytropikós",
      "sense": "having, or employing multiple modes",
      "word": "πολυτροπικός"
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      "roman": "mulʹtimodálʹnyj",
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}

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