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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 multit?d? (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -t?d? (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). The English word is analysable as multi- +? -tude.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?lt?tju?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?lt??t(j)ud/, /?m?l-/
- Hyphenation: mul?ti?tude
Noun
multitude (plural multitudes)
- A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
- Synonym: (Northern England, Scotland) hantel, hantle
- The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.
- Synonym: crowd
- Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them.
- Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil
Derived terms
- multitudinous
Translations
References
Further reading
- multitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin multit?d? (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -t?d? (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition).
Noun
multitude f (oblique plural multitudes, nominative singular multitude, nominative plural multitudes)
- crowd of people
- diversity; wide range
Descendants
- English: multitude
- French: multitude
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convocation
English
Etymology
From Middle English convocacioun, from Old French convocation, from Latin convocatio, convocationem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
convocation (countable and uncountable, plural convocations)
- The act of calling or assembling by summons.
- An assembly or meeting.
- An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
- An academic assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
Coordinate terms
- (academic assembly): commencement
Related terms
- convoke
- convocate
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convocatio, convocationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.v?.ka.sj??/
Noun
convocation f (plural convocations)
- convocation
Related terms
- convoquer
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