Dictionary

fourfold en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɔːfəʊld/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Four times as great; quadruple.
2. (not-comparable) Comprised of four individual members.
   • Most pupils have a fourfold object in studying a language; they wish to be able to read and write, to speak and to understand it. 1895, [Charles Hardy], The Aural System […], page 5:

Forms

Deriveds

fourfoldness

Synonyms

quadruple · quadruplicate

Translations (29)

hu négyrétű (comprised of four individual members) · hu négyrészes (comprised of four individual members) · ru четырёхкра́тный (four times as great) · hi चौगुना (four times as great) · bg четворен (four times as great) · sv fyrfaldig (comprised of four individual members) · nl viervoudig (four times as great) · tl makaapat (four times as great) · nl vierdelig (comprised of four individual members) · gl cuádruple (four times as great) · hu négyszeres (four times as great) · got 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (four times as great) · pa ਚੌਗੁਣਾ (four times as great) · te నాలుగింతలు (four times as great) · hu négyes (comprised of four individual members) · pra 𑀘𑀉𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀼𑀡 (four times as great) · gl catro veces (four times as great) · cs čtyřnásobný (four times as great) · hi चतुर्गुण (four times as great) · hi चौहरा (four times as great) · la quadruplex (four times as great) · ur چوگنا (four times as great) · la quadruplus (four times as great) · nl vierledig (comprised of four individual members) · fi nelinkertainen (four times as great) · hu négyszer annyi/akkora (four times as great) · pi catugguṇa (four times as great) · sa चतुर्गुण (four times as great) · pdt feafach (four times as great)

fourfold en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɔːfəʊld/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) By a factor of four.
   • And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 12:6:

Forms

Synonyms

quadruply

Translations (12)

cs čtyřnásobně (by a factor of four) · hi चौघरा (by a factor of four) · bg четворно (by a factor of four) · ru четы́режды (by a factor of four) · hu négyszeresen (by a factor of four) · fi nelinkertaisesti (by a factor of four) · bg четирикратно (by a factor of four) · ru вче́тверо (by a factor of four) · hi चहुरा (by a factor of four) · hi चौगुना (by a factor of four) · hi पाव (by a factor of four) · hu négyszeresére (by a factor of four)

fourfold en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɔːfəʊld/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

Meanings

1. An algebraic variety of degree 4.
   • Our main application is to the classification of Poisson brackets on Fano fourfolds. 2015, Brent Pym, “Elliptic singularities on log symplectic manifolds and Feigin--Odesskii Poisson brackets”, in arXiv:

Forms

fourfold en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɔːfəʊld/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

Meanings

1. To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four.

Forms

Synonyms

quadruple · quadruplicate

Translations (14)

fr quadrupler (increase to four times as much) · fi nelinkertaistaa (increase to four times as much) · es cuadruplicar (increase to four times as much) · de vervierfachen (increase to four times as much) · sv fyrfaldiga (increase to four times as much) · ru учетверя́ть (increase to four times as much) · nl verviervoudigen (increase to four times as much) · de vierfachen (increase to four times as much) · pt quadruplicar (increase to four times as much) · ru учетвери́ть (increase to four times as much) · ca quadruplicar (increase to four times as much) · sv fyrdubbla (increase to four times as much) · it quadruplicare (increase to four times as much) · hi चौगुना करना (increase to four times as much)