sextuple

See also: sextuplé

English

English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: six     Ordinal: sixth     Abbreviated ordinal: 6th     Latinate ordinal: senary     Adverbial: six times     Multiplier: sixfold     Latinate multiplier: sextuple     Distributive: sextuply     Germanic collective: half-dozen, sixsome     Collective of n parts: sextuplet, hextuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: hexad     Greek collective prefix: hexa-     Latinate collective prefix: sexa-     Fractional: sixth     Elemental: sextuplet, hextuplet     Greek prefix: hexa-     Number of musicians: sextet     Number of years: sexennium

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛkˈstʃuːpəl/, /-ˈstju-/, /ˈsɛkstʃʊpəl/, /-stjʊpəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɛksˈtʌpəl/, /-ˈtu-/, /sɛkˈstʌpəl/, /-ˈstu-/
• Rhymes: -uːpəl, -ʌpəl, -ʊpəl

Noun

sextuple (plural sextuples)

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

Translations

sixfold amount

Portuguese: sêxtuplo (pt) m

a team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season

German: Sextuple f Spanish: sextete m

Adjective

sextuple (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

• sextuplex

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

• sextuplet

See also

Number	1	2	3	4	5
Modifier	single / solo	double / twofold	triple / threefold	quadruple / fourfold	quintuple / pentuple / fivefold
Whole	loner / singleton / monad	pair / couple / twosome / duo / dyad	trio / threesome / triad / troika	foursome / quartet / tetrad	fivesome / quintet / pentad
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 / sextet / hexad	sevensome / septet / heptad	eightsome / octet / octad	ninesome / nonet / ennead	tensome / decet / 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/

• Audio:

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Adjective

French numbers ^(edit)

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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

Further reading

• “sextuple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.