multitudinous
多数の
解説 Definition
非常に多くの数や量を意味する。無数の、またはたくさんの人や物を指す。
Multitudinous means very many in number, or existing in a large crowd or variety. It is used in formal or literary English to describe things that are numerous and hard to count individually. In everyday English, words like many or countless are more common.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず先頭の multi- を見たら multiple, multicultural などと同じく「多い」方向だと判断する。中心の multitude を知っていれば「大勢・多数の集まり」という核がつかめるので、multitudinous は「数え切れないほど多い」で覚えやすい。numerous よりやや重く、群衆・星・問題などが一面に広がる場面で合う。a multitudinous crowd, multitudinous stars のような組み合わせで固定すると残りやすい。
Notice the prefix "multi-," which already signals "many." Then connect it to "multitude," a large number of people or things. This word feels stronger and more crowded than "numerous," so phrases like "multitudinous stars" or "a multitudinous crowd" help fix it in memory.
例文
The multitudinous stars filled the night sky.
無数の星が夜空を満たしていた。
She faced multitudinous challenges in her research.
彼女は研究で数多くの困難に直面した。
The multitudinous voices created a cacophony in the auditorium.
多くの声が講堂で耳障りな音を作った。
multitudinous の類義語・関連語
multitudinous の語源・成り立ち Etymology
multitudinous は multitude「多数」に由来し、その元はラテン語 multitudo、さらに multus「多い」へさかのぼります。「多さを帯びた」という感覚を作る形容詞語尾 -inous が加わり、「多数の・無数の」という意味になりました。関連語に multiple, multiply があります。
Multitudinous comes from multitude, which came into English through Latin multitudo, from multus, meaning "many." The adjective ending -inous was added to give the sense of "full of great numbers." It is related to English words like multiple and multiply, which also come from the idea of abundance.
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