eightfold en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eahtafeald. Equivalent to eight + -fold.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
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(not-comparable) Containing eight parts.
2003, Richard Morris, The Last Sorcerers, page 213, The scheme, which Gell-Mann called the eightfold way, grouped mesons and baryons into families.
Deriveds
eightfold way · noble eightfold path · eightfold path · eightfoldness
Translations (16)
hu nyolcszoros (eight times as much) · ru восьмери́чный (containing eight parts) · hu nyolcrétű (containing eight parts) · fi kahdeksanosainen (containing eight parts) · ru восьмикра́тный (eight times as much) · et kaheksakordne (eight times as much) · te ఎనిమిదింతలు (eight times as much) · et kaheksaosaline (containing eight parts) · hu nyolcas (containing eight parts) · hu nyolcszor akkora, nyolcszor annyi (eight times as much) · hu nyolcrészes (containing eight parts) · fi kahdeksankertainen (eight times as much) · ru восьмерно́й (containing eight parts) · el οκταπλός (eight times as much) · txb oktatse (containing eight parts) · el οχταπλός (eight times as much)