sextuple

See also: sextuplé

English

English numbers (edit)
60
[a], [b] ←  5 6 7  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: six
    Ordinal: sixth
    Multiplier: sextuple, sixfold

Etymology

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

Noun

sextuple (plural sextuples)

  1. a sixfold amount

Adjective

sextuple (not comparable)

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

Verb

sextuple (third-person singular simple present sextuples, present participle sextupling, simple past and past participle sextupled)

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

See also

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

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