duplex

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a house with two units sharing a common wall
  2. noun an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
  3. verb change into a duplex

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.

In classic literature

Synonyms

duplex house, semidetached house

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