Dictionary

sixfold en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having six times as much or as many.
2. (not-comparable) Having six component parts.
   • The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are.

Deriveds

sixfoldness

Translations (13)

te ఆరింతలు (having six component parts) · hu hatrészes (having six component parts) · bg шесторен (having six component parts) · fa ششگانه (having six component parts) · ga séchodach (having six component parts) · ru шестикра́тный (having six component parts) · hu hatrétű (having six component parts) · fi kuusiosainen (having six component parts) · bg шесторен (having six times as much or as many) · hu hatszor annyi/akkora (having six times as much or as many) · ar سُدَاسِيّ (having six component parts) · hu hatos (having six component parts) · hu hatszoros (having six times as much or as many)

sixfold en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Times six, multiplied by six.
   • I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with. 1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more.

Translations (2)

hu hatszorosan (times six, multiplied by six) · hu hatszorosára (times six, multiplied by six)