multitude

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English multitude, multitud, multytude (“(great) amount or number of people or things; multitudinous”), borrowed from Old French multitude (“crowd of people; diversity, wide range”), or directly from its etymon Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). The English word is analysable as multi- +‎ -itude. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/, [-t͡ʃ-] (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈmʊltɪt͡ʃuːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌltəˌt(j)ud/ Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧tude === Noun === multitude (plural multitudes) A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion. Synonyms: (Northern England, Scotland) hantel, hantle; legion The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace. Synonym: crowd ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === multitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French multitude. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /myl.ti.tyd/ === Noun === multitude f (plural multitudes) multitude === Further reading === “multitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). === Noun === multitude oblique singular, f (oblique plural multitudes, nominative singular multitude, nominative plural multitudes) crowd of people diversity; wide range ==== Descendants ==== English: multitude French: multitude