English Explanatory Dictionary

thousandfold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
  2. Having one thousand parts or members.
adv
  1. By a factor of a thousand.

Pronunciation

/ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/ /ˈθaʊzəndfoʊld/

Word forms

thousandfold

Etymology

From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.

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