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 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
editFormed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /sɛkˈstʃuːpəl/, /-ˈstju-/, /ˈsɛkstʃʊpəl/, /-stjʊpəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /sɛksˈtʌpəl/, /-ˈtu-/, /sɛkˈstʌpəl/, /-ˈstu-/
- Rhymes: -uːpəl, -ʌpəl, -ʊpəl
Noun
editsextuple (plural sextuples)
Translations
editAdjective
editsextuple (not comparable)
Synonyms
editVerb
editsextuple (third-person singular simple present sextuples, present participle sextupling, simple past and past participle sextupled)
- To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).
Derived terms
editSee also
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAdjective
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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
editsextuple
- inflection of sextupler:
Further reading
edit- “sextuple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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