multimovement

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adjective

Of or pertaining to more than one physical movement.

OriginEnglish movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement →
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Meanings

adjectivemultimovement (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to more than one physical movement.
  2. not comparableentertainmentDivided into several movements.

    Asked to write a set of voluntaries, Mendelssohn — who admitted in an 1844 letter to Coventry that he did not understand what the term meant — fashioned a series of small pieces, then arranged them into multimovement works for publication in 1845.

    2009 February 3, Steve Smith, “Pomp and Mendelssohn With Fluid Pedal Work”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmovēre
  12. Old Frenchmovoir
  13. Old Frenchmovement
  14. Middle Englishmevement
  15. Englishmovement
  16. Englishmultimovement

From multi- + movement.

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APA

multimovement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multimovement

MLA

“multimovement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multimovement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multimovement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multimovement.

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