Dictionary

multidisciplinary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɐltiˈdɪsəplənəɹi/ (Australia)
• [ˌmʌltiˈdɪsɪplɪnɹi] (UK)
• /ˌmʌltiˈdɪsəpləˌnɛɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˌmʌltiˈdɪsɪplɪnəɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English disciplinary English multidisciplinary From multi- + disciplinary.

Meanings

1. Relating to multiple areas of study or work.
   • Near-synonyms: crossdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary
   • A multi-disciplinary team of doctors and researchers was assigned to work full time on AIDS. 2007 May 21, Leslie Feinberg, “Cuba mobilized before first diagnosis”, in Workers World:
   • This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^([sic]) years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators. 2014 January 14, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review, volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, →DOI, →ISSN, page 30:

Forms

Coordinates

crossfunctional

Deriveds

multidisciplinary team · multidisciplinariness

Relateds

multidisciplinarian · multidisciplinarity · multidisciplinarianism

Synonyms

pluridisciplinary · interdisciplinary · transdisciplinary · crossdisciplinary

Translations (18)

cs víceoborový (relating to multiple areas of study) · ca multidisciplinari (relating to multiple areas of study) · el πολυεπιστημονικός (relating to multiple areas of study) · fi monitieteinen (relating to multiple areas of study) · cmn 多學科的 /多学科的 (relating to multiple areas of study) · cs multidisciplinární (relating to multiple areas of study) · nl multidisciplinair (relating to multiple areas of study) · se máŋggadieđalaš (relating to multiple areas of study) · ro multidisciplinar (relating to multiple areas of study) · sv flervetenskaplig (relating to multiple areas of study) · sv mångvetenskaplig (relating to multiple areas of study) · hy բազմագիտակարգային (relating to multiple areas of study) · sv multidisciplinär (relating to multiple areas of study) · es multidisciplinario (relating to multiple areas of study) · ca pluridisciplinari (relating to multiple areas of study) · el πολυθεματικός (relating to multiple areas of study) · cmn 多科目的 (relating to multiple areas of study) · no tverrvitenskapelig (relating to multiple areas of study)