Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sextuple

/sɛksˈtʌpəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
sex-tu-ple
IPA
/sɛksˈtʌpəl/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a sixfold amount

noun

A team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season.

adj

Having six parts.

adj

Being six times as great.

adj

Having six beats to the bar.

verb

To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).

Etymology

Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɛksˈtʌpəl/
  • British English: /sɛkˈstʃuːpəl/

Inflected Forms

sextuples (plural) sextuples (present, singular) sextupling (participle, present) sextupled (participle, past) sextupled (past)

Derived Forms

subsextuple sextuplet

Phrases

only one one of two one of three one of four one of five one of six one of seven one of eight

Frequently Paired Words

single solo double twofold triple threefold quadruple fourfold

Synonyms

sextuplex sixfold six-fold

Rhymes With

pupil quadruple tuple pupal quintuple scruple duple octuple centuple cupel souple couple

Questions

How do you pronounce sextuple?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɛksˈtʌpəl/.
What does sextuple mean?
a sixfold amount
Where does sextuple come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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