multiple

See also múltiple

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French multiple.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmʌltɪpl̩/

Adjective

multiple (comparative more multiple, superlative most multiple)

1. Having more than one element, part, component, or function.

   My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.

Synonyms

• manifold

Derived terms

Terms derived from multiple (adjective)

Law of multiple proportion (Law of Dalton) multiple algebra multiple conjugation

multiple exposure multiple fruits multiple star

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to multiple

multiplier multiplicity

multiply

Translations

having more than one element, part, component or function

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: multobla (eo) Finnish: usea (fi), moni (fi), moninkertainen (fi) French: multiple German: mehrere (de) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: több (hu)

Japanese: please add this translation if you can Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: złożony m., wieloraki m., wielokrotny m. Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: несколько + G (few); много + G (many); множество + G (a great deal) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: flera (sv), flera stycken (sv) Turkish: çoklu (tr)

Noun

multiple (plural multiples)

1. (mathematics) A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder.
   • 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
2. (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
3. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.

Derived terms

Terms derived from multiple (noun)

common multiple

least common multiple

Translations

a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder

Czech: násobek (cs) m. Dutch: veelvoud (nl) n. Finnish: monikerta (fi) French: multiple (fr) m. German: Vielfache (de) n. Hungarian: többszörös (hu) Persian: مضرب (fa)

Polish: wielokrotność f. Portuguese: múltiplo m. Romanian: multiplu (ro) m. Russian: кратное (ru) (krátnoje) n. Spanish: múltiplo m. Swedish: multipel (sv) c.

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin multiplus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

multiple (epicene, plural multiples)

1. multiple

Noun

multiple m. (plural multiples)

1. (mathematics) Multiple.

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Italian

Adjective

multiple f.

1. feminine plural form of multiplo

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Latin

Adjective

multiple

1. vocative masculine singular of multiplus

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Swedish

Adjective

multiple

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of multipel.