sextuple

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See also: sextuplé

English

English numbers (edit)
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: six
    Ordinal: sixth
    Latinate ordinal: senary
    Adverbial: six times
    Multiplier: sixfold
    Latinate multiplier: sextuple
    Distributive: sextuply
    Group collective: half-dozen, sixsome
    Multipart collective: sextuplet, hextuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: hexad
    Greek collective prefix: hexa-
    Latinate collective prefix: sexa-
    Fractional: sixth
    Latinate fractional prefix: sextant-
    Elemental: sextuplet, hextuplet
    Greek prefix: ecto-
    Number of musicians: sextet
    Number of years: sexennium

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

sextuple (plural sextuples)

  1. a sixfold amount
  2. (sports, soccer) A team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season.

Translations

Adjective

sextuple (not comparable)

  1. Having six parts.
  2. Being six times as great.
  3. (music) Having six beats to the bar.

Synonyms

Verb

sextuple (third-person singular simple present sextuples, present participle sextupling, simple past and past participle sextupled)

  1. To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).

Derived terms

See also

Number 1 2 3 4 5
Modifier single double / twofold triple / threefold quadruple / fourfold quintuple / pentuple / fivefold
Whole loner / singleton / monad pair / couple / twosome / dyad trio / threesome / triad / troika foursome / tetrad fivesome
Part only one / singlet twin / one of two / doublet triplet / one of three quadruplet / one of four quintuplet / pentuplet / one of five
Number 6 7 8 9 10
Modifier sextuple / hextuple / sixfold septuple / heptuple / sevenfold octuple / eightfold ninefold / nonuple tenfold / decuple
Whole sixsome sevensome eightsome ninesome tensome / decad
Part sextuplet / hextuplet / one of six one of seven / septuplet / heptuplet octuplet / one of eight one of nine / nonuplet one of ten / decuplet
Number 11 12 13 100 many
Modifier elevenfold / undecuple / hendecuple twelvefold / duodecuple thirteenfold / tredecuple a hundredfold / centuple multiple
Whole elevensome twelvesome thirteensome hundredsome
Part one of eleven / undecuplet / hendecuplet one of twelve / duodecuplet one of thirteen / tredecuplet one of a hundred / centuplet one of many / multiplet

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛk.stypl/
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Adjective

French numbers (edit)
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: six
    Ordinal: sixième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 6e, (now nonstandard) 6ème
    Multiplier: sextuple
French Wikipedia article on 6

sextuple (plural sextuples)

  1. sextuple
  2. (music) two hundred fifty-sixth note
    une sextuple croche ― a two hundred fifty-sixth note

Verb

sextuple

  1. inflection of sextupler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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