multi-storey

adjective

Of a building, having more than one storey.

Similar
high-rise
OriginEnglish storey ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī →
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Meanings

adjectivemulti-storey (not comparable)

alternative multistorey · alternative multistory · alternative multi-story

  1. not comparableOf a building, having more than one storey.

    Synonyms: high-rise

nounmulti-storey (plural multi-storeys)

plural multi-storeys · alternative multistorey · alternative multistory · alternative multi-story

  1. A building with more than one storey.
  2. A car park or parking garage with more than one storey.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf a building, having more than one storey.

Similar
high-rise

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Englishstorey
  7. Englishmulti-storey

From multi- + storey.

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Translations

Bulgarian многоета́жен
  • многоета́жен (mnogoetážen)having more than one storey
Czech vícepatrový, vícepodlažní
  • vícepatrovýhaving more than one storey
  • vícepodlažníhaving more than one storey
German mehrstöckig, mehrgeschossig
  • mehrstöckighaving more than one storey
  • mehrgeschossighaving more than one storey
Hindi बहुमंज़िला
  • बहुमंज़िला (bahumanzilā)having more than one storey
Irish ilstórach
  • ilstórachhaving more than one storey
Korean 다층
  • 다층 (dacheung)having more than one storey
Polish wielopiętrowy, wielokondygnacyjny
  • wielopiętrowyhaving more than one storey
  • wielokondygnacyjnyhaving more than one storey
  • piętrowieca building with more than one storey
Russian многоэта́жный, многоэта́жный дом
  • многоэта́жный (mnogoetážnyj)having more than one storey
  • многоэта́жный дом (mnogoetážnyj dom)a building with more than one storey
  • многоэта́жное зда́ние (mnogoetážnoje zdánije)a building with more than one storey
  • многоэта́жка (mnogoetážka)a building with more than one storey
Spanish multipisoteca
  • multipisotecaa building with more than one storey
Ukrainian багатоповерхо́вий, багатоповерхо́вий
  • багатоповерхо́вий (bahatopoverxóvyj)having more than one storey
  • багатоповерхо́вий (bahatopoverxóvyj)a building with more than one storey
Welsh aml-lawr
  • aml-lawrhaving more than one storey
Cite this entry
APA

multi-storey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multi-storey

MLA

“multi-storey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multi-storey. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multi-storey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multi-storey.

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