-plex Definition

pleks
suffix
Divided into a specified number of parts.
Fourplex.
American Heritage
affix
A building, as a condominium or a film theater, consisting of a (specified) number of units or sections.
Fourplex, six-plex.
Webster's New World
noun

(Canada) A low-rise apartment building.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of -plex

Noun

Singular:
-plex
Plural:
plexes

Origin of -plex

  • From Latin -plex -fold (as in duplex twofold) plek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin past tense of plicare to fold

    From Wiktionary

  • (com)plex

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With - and Ending With X

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