multilayer

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adjective

Any system of multiple layers, especially of multiple monolayers

OriginEnglish layer ← Middle English leyen ← Old English leċġan →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivemultilayer (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAny system of multiple layers, especially of multiple monolayers

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*logʰéyeti
  10. Proto-Germanic*lagjaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*laggjan
  12. Old Englishleċġan
  13. Middle Englishleyen
  14. Englishlay
  15. Englishlayer
  16. Englishmultilayer

From multi- + layer.

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Translations

French multicouche
  • multicoucheany system of multiple layers
German mehrschichtig
  • mehrschichtigany system of multiple layers
Italian pluristratificato
  • pluristratificatoany system of multiple layers
Spanish multicapa
  • multicapaany system of multiple layers
Swedish mångskiktad, flerskiktad
  • mångskiktadany system of multiple layers
  • flerskiktadany system of multiple layers
Cite this entry
APA

multilayer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilayer

MLA

“multilayer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilayer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multilayer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilayer.

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