sextuple
See also: sextuplé
English
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Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixth 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 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)
- a sixfold amount
Adjective
sextuple (not comparable)
Verb
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- To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).
See also
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
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Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixième Ordinal abbreviation: 6e, (now nonstandard) 6ème Multiplier: sextuple | ||
French Wikipedia article on 6 |
sextuple (plural sextuples)
- sextuple
- (music) two hundred fifty-sixth note
- une sextuple croche ― a two hundred fifty-sixth note
Verb
sextuple
- inflection of sextupler:
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