multitud

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multitūdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [mul.tiˈtut]

Noun

multitud f (plural multituds)

1. multitude
2. crowd

Derived terms

• multitudinari

Further reading

• “multitud” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “multitud”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multitūdinem, with the change of the ending to -tud. Compare the inherited doublet muchedumbre. Compare Portuguese multidão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /multiˈtud/ [mul̪.t̪iˈt̪uð̞]
• Rhymes: -ud
• Syllabification: mul‧ti‧tud

Noun

multitud f (plural multitudes)

1. multitude
2. crowd

   Synonym: muchedumbre

3. a lot, loads

   Synonym: montón

   Hay multitud de libros.

   There's a great deal of books.

Derived terms

• baño de multitudes

 

Related terms

• muchedumbre
• múltiple
• multitudinario

 

Further reading

• “multitud”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28