multipurpose

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• Canada, General-American: /mʌltipɝpəs/
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: M AH2 L T IY0 P ER1 P AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English purpose English multipurpose From multi- + purpose.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: многоцелеви (mnogocelevi) — having multiple uses
• Czech: víceúčelový — having multiple uses
• Finnish: monikäyttöinen — having multiple uses
• Finnish: yleis- — having multiple uses
• French: polyvalent — having multiple uses
• French: multifonction — having multiple uses
• French: multi-usages — having multiple uses
• French: à usages multiples — having multiple uses
• German: mehrzweck- — having multiple uses
• Hindi: बहुपयोगी (bahupyogī) — having multiple uses
• Japanese: 多目的 (tamokuteki) — having multiple uses
• Polish: wielozadaniowy — having multiple uses
• Portuguese: multiúso — having multiple uses
• Portuguese: multiúsos — having multiple uses
• Romanian: polivalent — having multiple uses
• Russian: многоцелево́й (mnogocelevój) — having multiple uses
• Slovak: viacúčelový — having multiple uses
• Spanish: multipropósito — having multiple uses
• Thai: สารพัดประโยชน์ (sǎa-rá-pát-bprà-yòot) — having multiple uses
• Thai: อเนกประสงค์ (à-nêek-bprà-sǒng) — having multiple uses
• Vietnamese: đa năng — having multiple uses
• Vietnamese: vạn năng — having multiple uses
• Vietnamese: nhiều mục đích — having multiple uses