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multifamily

multifamily adjective: of or relating to more than one family.

Adjective

multifamily (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to more than one family.
    • An apartment building is a multifamily structure.
    • Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies increased in the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.2023 June 2, Anna Bahney, “Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies rose in the first part of 2023”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2023

Noun

multifamily (plural multifamilies)

  1. A residence intended for more than one family.
    • Gipson Street has multifamilies that have risen over the last few years from the sites of teardowns; Beach Ninth Street’s condos, with narrow stoops and Juliet balconies, are also examples of “infill” housing.2008 January 27, C. J. Hughes, “Beaten Down, and Not Only by Nature”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 May 2022

multifamily meaning in Tamil

multifamily in Tamil

பன் குடும்பம்

Forms of multifamily

pluralmultifamilies

Origin of multifamily

From multi- + family.

Questions about multifamily

What does multifamily mean?
Multifamily means of or relating to more than one family.
What is multifamily in Tamil?
Multifamily in Tamil is பன் குடும்பம். See Multifamily meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is multifamily?
Multifamily can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multifamily in the dictionary

  1. multifactual
  2. multifaith
  3. multifaithed
  4. multifamilial
  5. multifamilies
  6. multifamily
  7. multifandom
  8. multifannish
  9. multifare
  10. multifarious
  11. multifariously

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: multifamily (page history and authors); multifamily (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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