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, morefold

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: متعدد
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多種 (cmn), 多种 (cmn) (duōzhǒng)

• Danish: flere (da)
• Dutch: meerdere (nl)
• 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: 多重 (ja) (たじゅう, tajū)

• Persian: چندتایی (fa) (čandtâyi), چندگانه (fa) (čandgâne)
• Polish: złożony m, wieloraki m, wielokrotny m
• Portuguese: múltiplos (pt) pl
• Russian: многочисленный (ru) (mnogočíslennyj) , множественный (ru) (mnóžestvennyj) , многократный (ru) (mnogokrátnyj) , кратный (ru) (krátnyj) ; несколько (ru) (néskolʹko)  + G (a few); много (ru) (mnógo)  + G (many); множество (ru) (mnóžestvo)  + G (a great deal)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: multiple (es)
• 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倍數 (cmn), 倍数 (cmn) (bèishù)

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

• Japanese: 倍数 (ja) (ばいすう, baisū)
• Persian: مضرب (fa)
• Polish: wielokrotność f
• Portuguese: múltiplo m
• Romanian: multiplu (ro) m
• Russian: кратное (ru) (krátnoje) n , кратное число (ru) (krátnoje čisló) 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 (masculine and feminine, 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.