sextuple

See also: sextuplé

English

**English numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixth Multiplier: sextuple, sixfold Distributive: sextuply

Etymology

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

Noun

sextuple (plural sextuples)

a sixfold amount

Adjective

sextuple (not comparable)

Having six parts.
Being six times as great.
(music) Having six beats to the bar.

Verb

sextuple (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).

Coefficient	Noun	Result
1	single	singlet
2	double	doublet twin
3	triple	triplet
4	quadruple	quadruplet
5	quintuple pentuple	quintuplet pentuplet
6	sextuple hextuple	sextuplet hextuplet
7	septuple heptuple	septuplet heptuplet
8	octuple	octuplet
9	nonuple	nonuplet
10	decuple	decuplet
11	undecuple hendecuple	undecuplet hendecuplet
12	duodecuple	duodecuplet
13	tredecuple	tredecuplet
100	centuple	centuplet
many	multiple	multiplet

French

Verb

sextuple

inflection of sextupler:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

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