Standard Lemma guide

multilevel

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmʌl.tiˈlɛv.əl/
  • General-American: /ˌmʌl.tiˈlɛv.əl/
  • General-American: /ˌmʌl.taɪˈlɛv.əl/
  • Australian: /ˌmal.tiˈlev.əl/
  • rhymes with -ɛvəl
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH2 L T AY0 L EH1 V AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AH2 L T IY0 L EH1 V AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having several levels or floors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of a building having more than one level

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-dhromder. Proto-Italic *līðrā? Latin lībra Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin libella Old French livelbor. Middle English level English level English multilevel From multi- + level.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 多層的 /多层的 (duōcéng de) — Having several levels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多層次的 /多层次的 (duōcéngcì de) — Having several levels
  • Finnish: monitaso- — Having several levels
  • Finnish: monitasoinen — Having several levels
  • Finnish: monikerroksinen — Having several levels
  • French: multi-niveau — Having several levels
  • French: multiniveau — Having several levels
  • Greek: πολυεπίπεδος (polyepípedos) — Having several levels
  • Hungarian: többszintű — Having several levels
  • Irish: il-leibhéil — Having several levels
  • Polish: kilkustopniowy — Having several levels
  • Polish: wielopoziomowy — Having several levels
  • Russian: многоу́ровневый (mnogoúrovnevyj) — Having several levels
  • Ukrainian: багаторі́вневий (bahatorívnevyj) — Having several levels