Standard Lemma guide

multi-

prefix · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʌl.tiː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈmʌl.ti/
  • General-American: /ˈmʌl.taɪ/

1

prefix

Meaning 1

More than one; pertaining to more than one thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pluri-

Antonyms: mono-, uni-

2

prefix

Meaning 2

Many; pertaining to many things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: poly-, pleo-, pleio-

Antonyms: oligo-, pauci-

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բազմ- (bazm-) — pertaining to many
  • Bulgarian: много- (mnogo-) — pertaining to many
  • Bulgarian: мулти- (multi-) — pertaining to many
  • Catalan: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Catalan: pluri- — pertaining to many
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多 (duō) — pertaining to many
  • Czech: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Dutch: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Finnish: moni- — pertaining to many
  • French: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Galician: multi- — pertaining to many
  • German: multi- — pertaining to many
  • German: mehr- — pertaining to many
  • Greek: πολυ- (poly-) — pertaining to many
  • Irish: il- — pertaining to many
  • Italian: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Japanese: 多 (ta) — pertaining to many
  • Central Kurdish: فرە- (fre-) — pertaining to many
  • Malay: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Malay: neka- — pertaining to many
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fler- — pertaining to many
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fleir- — pertaining to many
  • Occitan: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Occitan: pluri- — pertaining to many
  • Old English: maniġ- — pertaining to many
  • Persian: چند- (čand-) — pertaining to many
  • Polish: wielo- — pertaining to many
  • Polish: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Portuguese: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Russian: много- (mnogo-) — pertaining to many
  • Russian: мульти- (mulʹti-) — pertaining to many
  • Scottish Gaelic: ioma- — pertaining to many
  • Scottish Gaelic: iol- — pertaining to many
  • Spanish: multi- — pertaining to many
  • Spanish: pluri- — pertaining to many
  • Swedish: multi- — pertaining to many