moltitudine
multitude
noun mol-tee-TOO-dee-neh Rare
Origin: Latin multitudo, from multus (many)
Also means
crowd
Usage Note
Moltitudine conveys a vast, often awe-inspiring number of people or things. It is a literary or formal register word; everyday speech prefers folla (crowd) or tanti (many). The plural moltitudini is grammatically regular but rarely needed since the singular already implies mass.
Examples
"Una moltitudine di persone attendeva in piazza."
Natural Translation
A multitude of people was waiting in the square.
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