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MULTUM

Definition: MULTUM

MULTUM

Noun

1. An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "MULTUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

"MULTUM" is a common misspelling or typo for: malted, melted, molt, molted, molten, mulatto, mute, ultimo.


Synonyms within Context: MULTUM

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Compendium

Noun: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.

Greatness

Phrase: a maximis ad minima; " greatness knows itself"; " mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed "; minimum decet libere cui multum licet; " some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them ".

Impulse

Phrase: cela s'entend; abeunt studia in mores; adeo in teneris consuescere multum est; consuetudo quasi altera natura; hoc erat in more majorum; "How use doth breed a habit in a man!"; magna est vis consuetudinis; morent fecerat usus.

Teaching

Phrase: the schoolmaster abroad; a bovi majori disscit arare minor; adeo in teneris consuecere multum est; docendo discimus; quaenocent docent; qui docet discit; "sermons in stones and good in everything".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: MULTUM

Specialty definitions using "MULTUM": Cut your Coat according to your ClothMultum in Parvo. (references)
Non-English Usage: "MULTUM" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (assiduous, common herd, great, greatly, intense, large, many, many a, many men, many things, more, most, much, ordinary people, people, plenty, tedious, the common, the many, very).

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Commercial Usage: MULTUM

DomainTitle

Books

  • Et multum et multa : Festschrift für Peter Wunderli zum 60. Geburtstag (reference)

  • Multum non multa : Festschrift für Kurt Lipstein aus Anlass seines 70. Geburtstages (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: MULTUM

"MULTUM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MULTUM" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: MULTUM

Expressions using "MULTUM": adeo in teneris consuecere multum est adeo in teneris consuescere multum est Hard multum multum in parvo. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MULTUM

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

multum

5

cerner multum

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: MULTUM

Language Translations for "MULTUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Turkish

  

az ve öz (multum in parvo, succinct, tabloid). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: MULTUM

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 16, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAspasasqe mariam htiV polla ekopiasen eiV hmaV
Latin405VulgateSalutate Mariam quae multum laboravit in vobis
Old English990West SaxonHalette Mariae þe wyrhte micel harde for eow.
Middle English1395WyclifGrete wel Marie, the whiche hath trauelid myche in vs.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleGrete Mary which bestowed moche labour on vs.
Jacobean English1611King JamesGreet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
Victorian English1833WebsterGreet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us.
Basic English1964OgdenGive my love to Mary, who gave much care to you.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: MULTUM

LanguageRomans Chapter 16, Verse 6
CebuanoIpangomusta ako kang Maria nga nagapangabudlay pag-ayo diha kaninyo.
Chinese又 問 馬 利 亞 安 . 他 為 們 多 受 勞 若 。
CroatianPozdravite Mariju koja se mnogo trudila za vas.
DanishHilser Maria, som har arbejdet meget for eder.
DutchGroet Maria, die veel voor ons gearbeid heeft.
FinnishTervehdys Marialle, joka on nähnyt paljon vaivaa teidän tähtenne.
FrenchSaluez Marie, qui a pris beaucoup de peine pour vous.
GermanGrüßet Maria, welche viel Mühe und Arbeit mit uns gehabt hat.
HungarianKöszöntsétek Máriát, ki sokat munkálkodott körülöttünk.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSalam saya juga kepada Maria. Ia sudah bekerja begitu keras untuk kalian.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSalam kepada Maryam yang sudah berlelah sangat-sangat karena kamu.
ItalianSalutate Maria, che ha faticato molto per voi.
LatvianSveiciniet Mariju, kas daudz strâdâjusi jûsu labâ!
MaoriOha atu ki a Meri, he nui tana mahi ki a matou.
NorwegianHils Maria, som har arbeidet meget for eder.
RumanianSpuneyi sqnqtate Mariei, care s`a ostenit mult pentru voi. -
RussianрТЙЧЕФУФЧХКФЕ нБТЙБН, ЛПФПТБС НОПЗП ФТХ"ЙМБУШ "МС ОБУ.
ShuarMarisha, atumjai ti takasua nu amikmaatruatarum.
SpanishSaludad a María, quien ha trabajado arduamente entre vosotros.
SwahiliNisalimieni Maria ambaye amefanya kazi kwa bidii kwa ajili yenu.
SwedishHälsen Maria, som har arbetat så mycket för eder.
UmaPai' hi Maria wo'o tabe-ku. Mobago ngkoro-imi mpobago-kokoi.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "MULTUM"

Words rhyming with "MULTUM" (pronounced 'Mul"tum'): Aconitum, Adiantum, Amentum, Arboretum, Datum, Fretum, frustum, mentum, Mesonotum, Mesorectum, Mesoscutum, Metanotum, momentum, Notum, Oblatum, Omentum, Petrolatum, Pilentum, Pinetum, Plebiscitum, Postfactum, Postulatum, Prescutum, Prolatum, Pronotum, Punctum, Quantum, Quotum, rectum, sanctum, Sarcoseptum, scrotum, Scutum, septum, sputum, stratum, Striatum, Submentum, substratum, tomentum, ultimatum, Uncinatum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MULTUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "l-m-m-t-u-u"

-2 letters: mumu.

-3 letters: lum, mum, mut, ulu, umm.

-4 letters: mm, mu, um, ut.

 Words containing the letters "l-m-m-t-u-u"
 

+3 letters: mutualism, ultimatum.

 

+4 letters: mutualisms, stumblebum, ultimatums.

 

+5 letters: multicampus, multicolumn, multivolume, stumblebums, summersault.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MULTUM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 55 4C 54 55 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01010101 01001100 01010100 01010101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#85 &#76 &#84 &#85 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0055 004C 0054 0055 004D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

475546545547

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Bible Trace
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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