Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fifteenfold

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fif-teen-fold
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

By a factor of fifteen.

adv

By a factor of fifteen.

Example Sentences

"Rodobens, a provincial firm specializing in the lower-middle income bracket, has plans to build 10,000 homes a year over the next four years, a fifteenfold rise on its previous annual total."

Etymology

From fifteen + -fold.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fifteen

Questions

What does fifteenfold mean?: By a factor of fifteen.
Where does fifteenfold come from?: From fifteen + -fold.

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