-fold
English dictionary entry
Meanings
suffix
- Used to make adjectives meaning times.
- Used to make adverbs meaning times.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English -fold, -fald, -fauld, from Old English -feald (“-fold”), from Proto-West Germanic *-falþ, from Proto-Germanic *-falþaz (“-fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *-poltos (“-fold”), from *pel- (“to fold”).
Cognate with Dutch -voud, Swedish -faldig (“-fold”), Latin -plus, -plex, Ancient Greek -παλτος (-paltos), -πλος (-plos), -πλόος (-plóos). More at fold.
Translations
Armenian: -պատիկ
Azerbaijani: -qat
Chinese Mandarin: 倍
Cornish: -plek
Cornish: -blek
Cornish: -flek
Dutch: -voudig
Esperanto: -obla
Esperanto: -oble
Finnish: -kertainen
Finnish: -kertaisesti
French: see example)
German: -fach
German: -fache
German: -faltig
Gothic: -𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃
Greek: -πλάσιος
Ancient Greek: -πλασίων
Ancient Greek: -πλάσιος
Ancient Greek: -πλασιόνως
Hebrew: פִּי
Hebrew: פַּעַם
Hungarian: -szoros
Hungarian: -szeres
Hungarian: -szörös
Hungarian: -szorosan
Hungarian: -szeresen
Hungarian: -szörösen
Hungarian: -szorosára
Hungarian: -szeresére
Hungarian: -szörösére
Italian: see example)
Japanese: -倍
Korean: -배
Latin: -fārius
Manx: -filley
Manx: -illey
Polish: -krotny
Polish: -kroć
Polish: -krotnie
Portuguese: see example)
Portuguese: em X vezes
Russian: -кра́тный
Russian: -кра́тно
Slovak: -krát
Spanish: see example)
Swedish: -faldig
Swedish: -faldigt
Swedish: -falt
Vietnamese: gấp
Vietnamese: lần
Vietnamese: gấp ... lần (circumfixal)
Welsh: -blyg
Welsh: -phlyg
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