English Explanatory Dictionary

sextuple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a sixfold amount
  2. A team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season.
adj
  1. Having six parts.
  2. Being six times as great.
  3. Having six beats to the bar.
verb
  1. To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).

Pronunciation

/sɛkˈstʃuːpəl/ /-ˈstju-/ /ˈsɛkstʃʊpəl/ /-stjʊpəl/ /sɛksˈtʌpəl/ /-ˈtu-/ /sɛkˈstʌpəl/ /-ˈstu-/

Word forms

sextuple sextuples sextupling sextupled

Etymology

Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.

Synonyms

sextuplex

Related words

single solo double twofold triple threefold quadruple fourfold quintuple pentuple fivefold loner singleton monad pair couple twosome duo dyad trio threesome triad troika foursome quartet tetrad fivesome quintet pentad only one singlet twin one of two doublet triplet one of three quadruplet one of four quintuplet pentuplet one of five sextuple hextuple sixfold septuple heptuple sevenfold octuple eightfold ninefold nonuple tenfold decuple sixsome sextet hexad sevensome septet heptad eightsome

Derived words

subsextuple sextuplet
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