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multiplex

mul·ti·plex/ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/adjective, noun, verb

multiplex is spelled M-U-L-T-I-P-L-E-X: 9 letters and 3 syllables (mul·ti·plex). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, multiplex means “Comprising several interleaved parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in multiplex?

Letters9: M-U-L-T-I-P-L-E-X
Syllables3: mul·ti·plex
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is multiplex?

Multiplex appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce multiplex?

  • US /ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/

Multiplex has 3 syllables, split mul·ti·plex in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-multiplex.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of multiplex

  • multiplexes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • multiplexing participle, present
  • multiplexed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does multiplex mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Comprising several interleaved parts.

  2. 2

    Having petals lying in folds over each other.

  3. 3

    Having multiple members with a particular condition.

noun

  1. 1

    A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or at different times.

  2. 2

    A cineplex.

  3. 3

    A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.

  4. 4

    A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.

  5. 5

    A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.

verb

  1. 1

    To interleave several activities.

  2. 2

    To combine several signals into one.

  3. 3

    To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex.

  4. 4

    To make a multiplex throw.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate multiplex?

Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of multiplex: MPX, plex.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Multiplex in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcomplexe multisalles (large cinema complex), multiplexer (to combine signals)
Germanmultiplexen (to combine signals)
Spanishmultiplexar (to combine signals)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does multiplex come from?

Learned borrowing from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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