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multiplicand

noun · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • mŭl'-tə-plĭ-kăndʹ
  • /ˌmʌltəplɪˈkænd/
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  • rhymes with -ænd

1

noun

Meaning 1

A number that is to be multiplied by another (the multiplier).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arithmetic

Examples

  • In the expression 5 × 3, the "3" is the multiplicand.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the number that is multiplied by the multiplier

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: number

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: множимо (množimo) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Cebuano: tigpilo — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 被乘數 /被乘数 (bèichéngshù) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Finnish: kerrottava — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • French: multiplicande — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Georgian: სამრავლი (samravli) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • German: Multiplikand — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Hungarian: szorzandó — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Icelandic: margföldunarstofn — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Indonesian: pekali — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Italian: moltiplicando — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Japanese: 被乗数 (hijōsū) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Khmer: មេគុណ (mei kun) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Korean: 피승수 (piseungsu) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Kyrgyz: көбөйтүүчү (köböytüücü) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Macedonian: мно́женик (mnóženik) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Manx: yn-vooadee — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Polish: mnożna — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Romanian: înmulțit — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Romanian: multiplicat — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Russian: мно́жимое (mnóžimoje) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Serbo-Croatian: množenik — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Tagalog: damihin — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Turkish: çarpılan — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Turkish: çarpan — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Ottoman Turkish: مضروب (mazrub) — number that is to be multiplied by another
  • Welsh: lluosyn — number that is to be multiplied by another