multitrack

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multus

Latin multīder.

Middle English multi-

English multi-

Old French trac

Middle English trak / tracke

English track

English multitrack

From multi- + track.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭlʹtē-trăk′, IPA^(key): /ˈmʌl.tiˌtɹæk/
• Rhymes: -æk
• Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧track

Adjective

multitrack (not comparable)

1. Having or involving more than one track.
   1. (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
      • 2007 July 15, Jon Pareles, “Sounds Dire, Droll, Dreamy and on the Edge of Kitsch”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 November 2025:

        Lush is the only word for Ulrich Schnauss’s “Goodbye” (Domino), an album that makes most multitrack pop confections sound spartan.

   2. (railways) Of a railway line: having multiple, parallel tracks.

Synonyms

• (music): multitracked

Verb

multitrack (third-person singular simple present multitracks, present participle multitracking, simple past and past participle multitracked)

1. (music) To record on multiple tracks simultaneously (typically with each performer or instrument having its own track)