Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multimodal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti-modal
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or employing multiple modes.

Example Sentences

"multimodal transport"
"multimodal AI models"
"The push for multimodal models is not entirely new; Google, Facebook, and others introduced automated image-captioning systems nearly a decade ago."
"Over the course of the five-year partnership, Hitachi will deliver a multimodal digital booking system that will include all modes of public transport."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin multimod(us) English -al English multimodal From Latin multimod(us) + English -al.

Inflected Forms

multi-modal (alternative)

Derived Forms

multimodality multimodally multimodalness

Frequently Paired Words

multimodel

Questions

What does multimodal mean?: Having or employing multiple modes.
Where does multimodal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin multimod(us) English -al English multimodal From Latin multimod(us) + English -al.

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