"multiplayer" meaning in English

See multiplayer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌmʌl.tiˈpleɪ.əɹ/, [ˌmɐɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ə] [Received-Pronunciation], [ˌmʌɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ɚ] [General-American] Audio: en-uk-multiplayer.ogg
Etymology: From multi- + player. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|player}} multi- + player Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multiplayer (not comparable)
  1. (games) Requiring or allowing multiple (or more than the usual two) players to play simultaneously Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Games Derived forms: massively multiplayer online game, massively multiplayer online role-playing game Translations (allowing multiple players to play simultaneously): multiplayer (Danish), flerspiller (Danish), moninpeli (Finnish), moninpeli- (Finnish), multijoueur (French), multixogador [masculine] (Galician), multixogadora [feminine] (Galician), Mehrspieler- (German), multigiocatore (Italian), multijogador [masculine] (Portuguese), multijogadora [feminine] (Portuguese), multijugador (Spanish), flerspelar- (Swedish), multiplayer (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-multiplayer-en-adj-o82eJEtH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 21 39 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 31 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 34 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 30 37 Topics: games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: multi-player [rare]

Noun

IPA: /ˌmʌl.tiˈpleɪ.əɹ/, [ˌmɐɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ə] [Received-Pronunciation], [ˌmʌɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ɚ] [General-American] Audio: en-uk-multiplayer.ogg Forms: multiplayers [plural]
Etymology: From multi- + player. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|player}} multi- + player Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} multiplayer (countable and uncountable, plural multiplayers)
  1. (games, uncountable) The feature of a video game where multiple human players play simultaneously. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games Translations (allowing multiple players to play simultaneously): multiplayer (Danish), flerspiller (Danish), moninpeli (Finnish), moninpeli- (Finnish), multijoueur (French), multixogador [masculine] (Galician), Mehrspieler (German), multigiocatore (Italian), multijogador [masculine] (Portuguese), multijugador [masculine] (Spanish), flerspelar- (Swedish), multiplayer (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-multiplayer-en-noun-64oarMbP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 21 39 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 31 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 34 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 30 37 Topics: games Disambiguation of 'allowing multiple players to play simultaneously': 69 31
  2. (in the plural) Video game players who play multiplayer games. Tags: countable, in-plural, uncountable
    Sense id: en-multiplayer-en-noun-DkmXrE~9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 21 39 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 31 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 32 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 26 33 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 34 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 31 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 33 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: multi-player [rare]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmʌl.tiˈpleɪ.əɹ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌmɐɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ə]",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-uk-multiplayer.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌmʌɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "multi-player"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "multiplayer"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "flerspiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "moninpeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "moninpeli-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "multijoueur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multixogador"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "multixogadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "Mehrspieler-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "multigiocatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multijogador"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "multijogadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "multijugador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "flerspelar-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "multiplayer"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "word": "singleplayer"
    },
    {
      "word": "solitaire"
    }
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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From multi- + player.",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "I just heard that the game will have multiplayer when it comes out!",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The feature of a video game where multiple human players play simultaneously."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "games",
          "game#Noun"
        ]
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        "(games, uncountable) The feature of a video game where multiple human players play simultaneously."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, David Gibson, Clark Aldrich, Marc Prensky, Games and Simulations in Online Learning: Research and Development, page 375:",
          "text": "The audio suggestions just mentioned would be advantageous when pairs are working together at a computer or multiplayers are collaborating or competing in online educational games and simulations.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Bella Chan, Noah to Haru, page 13:",
          "text": "After dinner, Isaac brought out his portable gaming console for multiplayers, and he and I began our car racing battle while the others unpacked and brought out the Japanese futons, duvets, and pillows.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Video game players who play multiplayer games."
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        "(in the plural) Video game players who play multiplayer games."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "in-plural",
        "uncountable"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˌmʌl.tiˈpleɪ.əɹ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˌmɐɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ə]",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-uk-multiplayer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/En-uk-multiplayer.ogg/En-uk-multiplayer.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌmʌɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "multi-player"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "multiplayer"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "flerspiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "moninpeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "moninpeli-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "multijoueur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multixogador"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "Mehrspieler"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "multigiocatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multijogador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multijugador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "flerspelar-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "allowing multiple players to play simultaneously",
      "word": "multiplayer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "multiplayer"
}

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