multi

See also: multi- and mulți

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of multistan.

Noun

multi (plural multis)

2. (fandom slang) Clipping of multistan.
   • 2021 August 25, Vibha Hegde, “BTS, Blackpink, and Stray Kids asked to disband by disgruntled fans”, in SKPop‎^[1]:

     Many K-pop fans of all the groups involved, known as "multis," gave everyone their two cents on the matter.

Etymology 2

Clipping 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 3

< multifasciatus

Noun

multi (plural multies)

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

Etymology 4

Short for "multi two diamonds".

Noun

multi (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Mitul

Catalan

Verb

multi

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

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multusder.

Esperanto multa

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ebor.

Russian -е (-e)influ.

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Polish -einflu.

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Czech -einflu.

Esperanto -e

Esperanto multe

Proto-Italic *-jezi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -īre

French -irbor.?

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Latin -īre

Spanish -irbor.?

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.

Latin -īre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ir

Portuguese -irbor.?

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Latin -ire

Italian -irebor.?

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Latin -iō

Romanian -ibor.?

Esperanto -i

Esperanto multi

From multe (“a lot”) + -i.

Pronunciation

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

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

Further reading

• “multi”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Hungarian

Etymology

Ellipsis of multinacionális vállalat (“multinational company”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmulti]
• Hyphenation: mul‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti

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 (or multiim)
2nd person sing.	multid	multijaid (or multiid)
3rd person sing.	multija	multijai (or multii)
1st person plural	multink	multijaink (or multiink)
2nd person plural	multitok	multijaitok (or multiitok)
3rd person plural	multijuk	multijaik (or multiik)

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊɫ.tiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmul.ti]

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^[2], 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul.tɪ/
• Rhymes: -ultɪ

Noun

multi

1. plural of multa

Spanish

Etymology

Shortening of multinacional

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulti/ [ˈmul̪.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -ulti
• Syllabification: mul‧ti

Noun

multi f (plural multis)

1. multinational