Meanings
alternative multi-day
- not comparableExtending over multiple days.
A multiday severe weather outbreak is possible Monday through Wednesday, increasing the already-above average tornado count even higher.
2024 May 5, Allison Chinchar, “Multiday severe weather threat could continue tornado streak this week”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 May 20241 more example
Entering a whole new realm of high seasonally averaged temperatures, not just multiday heat waves, will surely challenge the global population's ability to produce adequate food in the future or even to cope physically with chronic heat stress, unless major adaptations are made.
2009 January 9, David. S. Battisti, Rosamond L. Naylor, “Historical Warnings of Future Food Insecurity with Unprecedented Seasonal Heat”, in Science, volume 323, number 5911, →DOISynonyms: dayslong
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExtending over multiple days.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰegʷʰ-?
- Proto-Germanic*dagaz
- Proto-West Germanic*dag
- Old Englishdæġ
- Middle Englishday
- Englishday
- Englishmultiday
Translations
Finnish monipäiväinen
- monipäiväinenextending over multiple days
Polish kilkudniowy, parodniowy
- kilkudniowyextending over multiple days
- parodniowyextending over multiple days
Cite this entry
multiday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiday
“multiday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiday. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multiday,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiday.
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