decuple

See also: décuple and décuplé

English

Etymology

From French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plico (“fold”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdekjuːpɫ/, /ˈdekjuːpəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛkjʊpɫ/, /ˈdɛkjʊpl./

Adjective

decuple (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Tenfold.

Translations
tenfold — see tenfold

Noun

decuple (plural decuples)

  1. (archaic) An amount multiplied by ten.
    • 1842, Jacob Reese Eckfeldt; William Ewing Du Bois, A manual of gold and silver coins of all nations, struck within ..., page 89:
      The gold coin of the law of 1818 is of four denominations; the decuple of 30 ducats, the half-decuple, ...

Verb

decuple (third-person singular simple present decuples, present participle decupling, simple past and past participle decupled)

  1. (archaic) To multiply by ten.
    • 2004, Mark Collier; Stephen Quirke, Annette Imhausen, The UCL Lahun papyri: religious, literary, legal, mathematical and ..., volume 1209:
      The multiplications on this fragment show four of the basic techniques used by the Egyptian scribe in performing calculations: doubling, halving, decupling, and "taking two-thirds".

Translations
tenfold — see tenfold

References
  • Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

decuple f

  1. feminine plural of decuplo

Latin

Adjective

decuple

  1. vocative masculine singular of decuplus
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