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multitude

/ˈmʌltəˌtuːd/MUHL-tuh-tood
/ˈmʌltəˌtud/MUHL-tuh-tood

Meaningmanyness

Common meaning: a great number

Journey through time

  1. Latinmultus‘much, many’
  2. Frenchmultitude
  3. Middle Englishmultitudesource
  4. Englishmultitude‘a great number’ · today

mult also in: multiplemultiply

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin multus ‘much, many’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry multus, p. 1171 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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