hundredfold

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English

English numbers (edit)
1,000
 ←  90 100
10
    Cardinal: hundred
    Ordinal: hundredth
    Multiplier: hundredfold
    Latinate multiplier: centuple
    Group collective: hundred
    Multipart collective: centuplet
    Metric collective prefix: hecto-
    Metric fractional prefix: centi-
    Elemental: centuplet
    Number of years: century, centennium

Etymology

From Middle English hundredfold. Equivalent to hundred +‎ -fold.

Adjective

hundredfold (not comparable)

  1. Multiplied by a hundred.
    Synonym: centuple

Translations

Adverb

hundredfold (not comparable)

  1. By a factor of one hundred.

Translations

Verb

hundredfold (third-person singular simple present hundredfolds, present participle hundredfolding, simple past and past participle hundredfolded)

  1. (rare) To increase to one hundred times as much; to multiply by a hundred.

Translations

Middle English

Middle English numbers (edit)
100 1,000  → 
    Cardinal: hundred
    Ordinal: hundred
    Multiplier: hundredfold

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hundred +‎ -fold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhundrɛdˌfɔːld/, /ˈhundrɛθˌfɔːld/, /ˈhundərˌfɔːld/, /-fɑːld/

Adjective

hundredfold

  1. hundredfold

Descendants

  • English: hundredfold

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Adverb

hundredfold

  1. hundredfold

Descendants

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