multiplexer

English

Alternative forms

multiplexor

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multi-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Latin -plex

Latin multiplexlbor.

English multiplex

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English multiplexer

From multiplex + -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

multiplexer (plural multiplexers)

A device that interleaves several activities; a switching device.
(computing, telecommunications) A device that combines several input signals into a single output signal.

Translations

device that interleaves several activities

Czech: multiplexor m
Finnish: multiplekseri (fi), tulovalitsin (fi), ottovalitsin
French: multiplexeur (fr) m
German: Multiplexer m
Greek: πολυπλέκτης (el) m (polypléktis)
Kazakh: мультиплексор (multipleksor)
Romanian: multiplexor n
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мултиплексер m

Latin: multipleksor (sh) m
Spanish: multiplexor m

French

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Verb

multiplexer

to multiplex

Conjugation

Conjugation of multiplexer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	multiplexer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	multiplexant /myl.ti.plɛk.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		multiplexé /myl.ti.plɛk.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	multiplexe /myl.ti.plɛks/	multiplexes /myl.ti.plɛks/	multiplexe /myl.ti.plɛks/	multiplexons /myl.ti.plɛk.sɔ̃/	multiplexez /myl.ti.plɛk.se/	multiplexent /myl.ti.plɛks/
	imperfect	multiplexais /myl.ti.plɛk.sɛ/	multiplexais /myl.ti.plɛk.sɛ/	multiplexait /myl.ti.plɛk.sɛ/	multiplexions /myl.ti.plɛk.sjɔ̃/	multiplexiez /myl.ti.plɛk.sje/	multiplexaient /myl.ti.plɛk.sɛ/
	past historic²	multiplexai /myl.ti.plɛk.se/	multiplexas /myl.ti.plɛk.sa/	multiplexa /myl.ti.plɛk.sa/	multiplexâmes /myl.ti.plɛk.sam/	multiplexâtes /myl.ti.plɛk.sat/	multiplexèrent /myl.ti.plɛk.sɛʁ/
	future	multiplexerai /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁe/	multiplexeras /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁa/	multiplexera /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁa/	multiplexerons /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/	multiplexerez /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁe/	multiplexeront /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	multiplexerais /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁɛ/	multiplexerais /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁɛ/	multiplexerait /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁɛ/	multiplexerions /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	multiplexeriez /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁje/	multiplexeraient /myl.ti.plɛk.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	multiplexe /myl.ti.plɛks/	multiplexes /myl.ti.plɛks/	multiplexe /myl.ti.plɛks/	multiplexions /myl.ti.plɛk.sjɔ̃/	multiplexiez /myl.ti.plɛk.sje/	multiplexent /myl.ti.plɛks/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	multiplexasse /myl.ti.plɛk.sas/	multiplexasses /myl.ti.plɛk.sas/	multiplexât /myl.ti.plɛk.sa/	multiplexassions /myl.ti.plɛk.sa.sjɔ̃/	multiplexassiez /myl.ti.plɛk.sa.sje/	multiplexassent /myl.ti.plɛk.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	multiplexe /myl.ti.plɛks/	—	multiplexons /myl.ti.plɛk.sɔ̃/	multiplexez /myl.ti.plɛk.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).