multiplication

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌmʌltəplɪˈkeɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%mVlt@plI"keIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

• Derived from Latin term multiplicare

Noun

multiplication (countable and uncountable; plural multiplications)

1. (uncountable, mathematics) The process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
2. (countable) A calculation involving multiplication.

   The teacher set us ten multiplications as homework.

Translations

process

• Arabic: ضرب (ar)
• Chinese: 乘法 (chéng fǎ)
• Chinese Characters: 乘 / 乗
• Czech: násobení (cs) n
• Dutch: vermenigvuldigen (nl) n
• Esperanto: multiplikado (eo), multipliko (eo)
• Estonian: korrutamine
• Finnish: kertolasku (fi)
• French: multiplication (fr) f
• German: Multiplikation (de) f
• Greek: πολλαπλασιασμός (el) (pollaplasiasmós) m
• Hungarian: szorzás (hu)
• Italian: moltiplicazione (it) f

• Japanese: 掛け算 (かけざん, kakezan), 乗法 (じょうほう, jōhō)
• Malay: pendaraban (ms)
• Manx: yl-raghey (gv) m
• Persian: ضرب (fa)
• Polish: mnożenie (pl) n
• Romanian: multiplicare (ro) f, înmulțire (ro)
• Russian: умножение (ru) (umnožénije) n
• Spanish: multiplicación (es) f
• Swedish: multiplikation (sv) c
• Telugu: గుణకారం (guNakaaram)
• Ukrainian: множення (uk) (mnóžennja) n
• Urdu: ضرب (ur)
• West Frisian: fermannichfâldiging

calculation

• Dutch: vermenigvuldiging (nl) f
• Esperanto: multipliko (eo)
• Greek: πολλαπλασιασμός (el) (pollaplasiasmós) m
• Hungarian: szorzás (hu)

• Malay: pendaraban (ms)
• Romanian: înmulțire (ro) f, multiplicare (ro) f
• Swedish: multiplikation (sv) c
• Ukrainian: множення (uk) (mnóžennja) n

Derived terms

• cross-multiplication
• multiplication sign
• multiplication table
• scalar multiplication

Related terms

• multi-
• multiplicand
• multiplicative
• multiplicity
• multiply

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /myl.ti.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /myl.ti.pli.ka.sjO~/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

multiplication f (plural multiplications)

1. multiplication (process)

Related terms

• multi-
• multiple
• multiplicande
• multiplicatif
• multiplicité
• multiplier