multi-
many, much
Latin · multus + -i-
Latin multus means "much, many". Multi- builds adjectives: multilingual speaks many languages, multinational works in many nations. To multiply is to make many times more.
Memory trick
MULTI sounds like "mall-tea": a mall with many tea shops, many everything.
Words from this root
- multinational (multi + national) — working in many countriesबहुराष्ट्रीय
- multilingual (multi + lingual) — speaking many languagesबहुभाषी
- multicultural (multi + cultural) — with many culturesबहुसांस्कृतिक
- multilateral (multi + lateral) — involving many sides or countriesबहुपक्षीय
- multidimensional (multi + dimensional) — having many aspectsबहुआयामी
- multicolored (multi + colored) — with many coloursबहुरंगी
- multicellular (multi + cellular) — made of many cellsबहुकोशिकीय
- multichannel (multi + channel) — using many channelsबहुचैनल
- multiply (multi + ply) — to increase many timesगुणा करना
- multitude (multi + tude) — a great crowdभीड़
- multitudinous (multi + tude + inous) — very manyअसंख्य
- multibillion (multi + billion) — worth many billionsअरबों का