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See also: multi- and mulți

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of multituberculate.

Noun

multi (plural multis)

  1. (informal, paleontology) A multituberculate.
    • 1996, Michael Novacek, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, page 316:
      Our Mesozoic antecedents are typified by small size; even the largest of the multis are not larger than a groundhog.

Etymology 2

< multifasciatus

Noun

multi (plural multies)

  1. (informal) Neolamprologus multifasciatus (small shell-dwelling cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, popular as aquarium fish)

Etymology 3

Short for "multi two diamonds".

Noun

multi (uncountable)

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  1. (bridge) A contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows several possible types of hands.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

multi

  1. inflection of multar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From multe (“a lot”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmulti/
  • Hyphenation: mult‧i
  • Rhymes: -ulti

Verb

multi (present multas, past multis, future multos, conditional multus, volitive multu)

  1. (intransitive) to be many, be numerous

Conjugation

Conjugation of multi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense multas multis multos
active participle multanta multantaj multinta multintaj multonta multontaj
acc. multantan multantajn multintan multintajn multontan multontajn
nominal active participle multanto multantoj multinto multintoj multonto multontoj
acc. multanton multantojn multinton multintojn multonton multontojn
adverbial active participle multante multinte multonte
infinitive multi imperative multu conditional multus

Hungarian

Etymology

Ellipsis of multinacionális vállalat (“multinational company”).

Pronunciation

Noun

multi (plural multik)

  1. (colloquial) multinational (a multinational company)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative multi multik
accusative multit multikat
dative multinak multiknak
instrumental multival multikkal
causal-final multiért multikért
translative multivá multikká
terminative multiig multikig
essive-formal multiként multikként
essive-modal — —
inessive multiban multikban
superessive multin multikon
adessive multinál multiknál
illative multiba multikba
sublative multira multikra
allative multihoz multikhoz
elative multiból multikból
delative multiról multikról
ablative multitól multiktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		multié multiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		multiéi multikéi
Possessive forms of multi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. multim multijaim
2nd person sing. multid multijaid
3rd person sing. multija multijai
1st person plural multink multijaink
2nd person plural multitok multijaitok
3rd person plural multijuk multijaik

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmul.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ulti
  • Hyphenation: mùl‧ti

Verb

multi

  1. inflection of multare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

multī

  1. inflection of multus:
    1. genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. nominative/vocative masculine plural

References

  • multi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the matter involves much labour and fatigue: res est multi laboris et sudoris
    • many learned men; many scholars: multi viri docti, or multi et ii docti (not multi docti)
    • to be a great eater: multi cibi esse, edacem esse

Maltese

Pronunciation

Noun

multi

  1. plural of multa

Spanish

Etymology

Shortening of multinacional

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmulti/
  • Rhymes: -ulti
  • Syllabification: mul‧ti

Noun

multi f (plural multis)

  1. multinational
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