sextuple

See also: sextuplé

English

English numbers ^(edit)

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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: hexa-     Number of musicians: sextet     Number of years: sexennium

Etymology

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

Noun

sextuple (plural sextuples)

1. a sixfold amount

Adjective

sextuple (not comparable)

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

Verb

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

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛk.stypl/

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