multitud

Borrowed from Latin multitūdō.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [mul.tiˈtut]

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multitud f (plural multituds)

1. multitude
2. crowd

• multitudinari

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “multitud”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “multitud”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Borrowed from Latin multitūdinem, with the change of the ending to -tud. Compare the inherited doublet muchedumbre. Compare Portuguese multidão.

• IPA^(key): /multiˈtud/ [mul̪.t̪iˈt̪uð̞]
• Rhymes: -ud
• Syllabification: mul‧ti‧tud

multitud f (plural multitudes)

1. multitude
2. crowd

   Synonym: muchedumbre

3. a lot, loads

   Synonym: montón

   Hay multitud de libros.

   There's a great deal of books.

• “multitud”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025