Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixfold

/sˈɪksfˌoʊld/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: six-fold
IPA: /sˈɪksfˌoʊld/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having six times as much or as many.

adj

Having six component parts.

adv

Times six, multiplied by six.

Example Sentences

"The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sexfold, sixfeald
Suffix: six

Derived Forms

sixfoldness

Synonyms

sextuple six-fold six times

Questions

How do you pronounce sixfold?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɪksfˌoʊld/.
What does sixfold mean?: Having six times as much or as many.
Where does sixfold come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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