multigenerational

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or affecting multiple generations; multigeneration.

“The sons and daughters in a multigenerational household go to work while the grandparents watch the grandchildren. That arrangement of family life is much more resilient to economic hardship.”

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Meanings

adjectivemultigenerational (comparative more multigenerational, superlative most multigenerational)

comparative more multigenerational · superlative most multigenerational

  1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting multiple generations; multigeneration.

    The sons and daughters in a multigenerational household go to work while the grandparents watch the grandchildren. That arrangement of family life is much more resilient to economic hardship.

    1 more example

    The point, Goldstein discovered through a lot of long days hanging out in parking lots, is that tailgating — the gustatory madness, the multigenerational camaraderie, the decked-out vans — is as essential a part of football as the game itself.

    2013 September 29, Ken Belson, “The Tailgate Experience, British Style”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2021

Origin

Translations

Catalan multigeneracional
  • multigeneracionalof multiple generations
Chinese Mandarin 跨世代的
  • 跨世代的 (kuàshìdài de)of multiple generations
Finnish monen sukupolven, usean sukupolven
  • monen sukupolvenof multiple generations
  • usean sukupolvenof multiple generations
French multigénérationnel
  • multigénérationnelof multiple generations
German generationsübergreifend
  • generationsübergreifendof multiple generations
Polish wielopokoleniowy
  • wielopokoleniowyof multiple generations
Portuguese multigeracional
  • multigeracionalof multiple generations
Spanish multigeneracional
  • multigeneracionalof multiple generations
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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