Meanings
alternative multiword
- not comparableConsisting of more than one word.
The verb categories included two-word multi-word verbs, though terms of more than two words were placed in the phrase category.
2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 2971 more example
The single-word/multi-word distinction involves what is most plausibly a difference in terminal elements among items of the same category type (e.g. adjective phrases).
2004, John A. Hawkins, Efficiency and Complexity in GrammarsSynonyms: multiworded
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveConsisting of more than one word.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Englishword
- Englishmulti-word
Translations
Czech víceslovný
- víceslovnýconsisting of more than one word
Greek πολυλεκτικός
- πολυλεκτικός (polylektikós)consisting of more than one word
Hungarian többszavas
- többszavasconsisting of more than one word
Polish wielowyrazowy
- wielowyrazowyconsisting of more than one word
Portuguese multipalavra, multipalavras
- multipalavraconsisting of more than one word
- multipalavrasconsisting of more than one word
Russian многосло́вный, неодносло́вный
- многосло́вный (mnogoslóvnyj)consisting of more than one word
- неодносло́вный (neodnoslóvnyj)consisting of more than one word
Spanish multipalabra
- multipalabraconsisting of more than one word
Cite this entry
multi-word. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multi-word
“multi-word.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multi-word. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multi-word,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multi-word.
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