multi
See also: multi- and mulți
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of multituberculate.
Noun
multi (plural multis)
- (informal, paleontology) A multituberculate.
- 1996, Michael Novacek, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, p. 316:
- Our Mesozoic antecedents are typified by small size; even the largest of the multis are not larger than a groundhog.
- 1996, Michael Novacek, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, p. 316:
Etymology 2
< multifasciatus
Noun
multi (plural multies)
- (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)
- (bridge) A contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows several possible types of hands.
Anagrams
- Mitul
Catalan
Verb
multi
- third-person singular imperative form of multar
- third-person singular present subjunctive form of multar
- first-person singular present subjunctive form of multar
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)
- (intransitive) to be many, be numerous
Conjugation
Conjugation of multi
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Hungarian
Etymology
Ellipsis of multinacionális vállalat (“multinational company”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmulti]
- Hyphenation: mul‧ti
- Rhymes: -ti
Noun
multi (plural multik)
- (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
- inflection of multare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmul.tiː/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪iː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmul.ti/, [ˈmul̪t̪i]
Adjective
multī
- inflection of multus:
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 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
- the matter involves much labour and fatigue: res est multi laboris et sudoris
Spanish
Etymology
Shortening of multinacional
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmulti/ [ˈmul̪.t̪i]
- Rhymes: -ulti
- Syllabification: mul‧ti
Noun
multi f (plural multis)
- multinational