multiplanetary

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adjective

Consisting, pertaining to, or spread across of multiple planets.

“a multiplanetary empire”

OriginEnglish planetary ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī →
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Meanings

adjectivemultiplanetary (not comparable)

alternative multi-planetary

  1. not comparableConsisting, pertaining to, or spread across of multiple planets.

    a multiplanetary empire

    2 more examples

    As of November 10, 2015, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered, some of them in the 484 known multiplanetary systems.

    2016, Priyamvada Natarajan, Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos

    He [Elon Musk] reiterated his lofty goals “to make life multiplanetary.”

    2026 June 12, Bernard Condon, “SpaceX stock soars in debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire”, in AP News, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2026

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. Englishplanet
  9. Englishplanetary
  10. Englishmultiplanetary

From multi- + planetary.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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