Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multiunit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: mul-tiu-nit
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing multiple units.

noun

A residential building containing multiple units or apartments.

noun

A unit consisting of multiple sub-units.

Example Sentences

"These rooms are found in multiunit, multistory buildings that usually have commercial establishments at street level."
""People see what's happening and they say 'Hey, this community is coming back.' So they come to the bank for a mortgage to buy one of the smaller multiunits, or a home."
"On the other hand, if the purpose of the study is to determine the fine temporal relationships between nearby substructures (such as the olfactory glomeruli in our studies), then these multiunits must be viewed with suspicion."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English unit English multiunit From multi- + unit.

Inflected Forms

multiunits (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

multifamily multiplex multiresidential

Questions

What does multiunit mean?: Containing multiple units.
Where does multiunit come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English unit English multiunit From multi- + unit.

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