Meanings
comparative more multidisciplinary · superlative most multidisciplinary
- Relating to multiple areas of study or work.
Near-synonyms: crossdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary
2 more examples
A multi-disciplinary team of doctors and researchers was assigned to work full time on AIDS.
2007 May 21, Leslie Feinberg, “Cuba mobilized before first diagnosis”, in Workers WorldThis paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^([sic]) years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.
2014 January 28, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review, volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, →DOI, →ISSN, page 30Synonyms: crossdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to multiple areas of study or work.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Englishdisciplinary
- Englishmultidisciplinary
From multi- + disciplinary.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan pluridisciplinari, multidisciplinari
- pluridisciplinarirelating to multiple areas of study
- multidisciplinarirelating to multiple areas of study
Chinese Mandarin 多學科的 /多学科的, 多科目的
- 多學科的 /多学科的 (duōxuékē de)relating to multiple areas of study
- 多科目的 (duōkēmù de)relating to multiple areas of study
Czech víceoborový, multidisciplinární
- víceoborovýrelating to multiple areas of study
- multidisciplinárnírelating to multiple areas of study
Dutch multidisciplinair
- multidisciplinairrelating to multiple areas of study
Finnish monitieteinen
- monitieteinenrelating to multiple areas of study
Greek πολυεπιστημονικός, πολυθεματικός
- πολυεπιστημονικός (polyepistimonikós)relating to multiple areas of study
- πολυθεματικός (polythematikós)relating to multiple areas of study
Norwegian tverrvitenskapelig
- tverrvitenskapeligrelating to multiple areas of study
Romanian multidisciplinar
- multidisciplinarrelating to multiple areas of study
Spanish multidisciplinario
- multidisciplinariorelating to multiple areas of study
Swedish mångvetenskaplig, flervetenskaplig
- mångvetenskapligrelating to multiple areas of study
- flervetenskapligrelating to multiple areas of study
- multidisciplinärrelating to multiple areas of study
Cite this entry
multidisciplinary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multidisciplinary
“multidisciplinary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multidisciplinary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multidisciplinary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multidisciplinary.
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