sextuple
See also: sextuplé
English edit
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Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixth Latinate ordinal: senary Adverbial: six times Multiplier: sixfold Latinate multiplier: sextuple Distributive: sextuply Group collective: half-dozen, sixsome Multipart collective: sextuplet, hextuplet Greek or Latinate collective: hexad Greek collective prefix: hexa- Latinate collective prefix: sexa- Fractional: sixth Latinate fractional prefix: sextant- Elemental: sextuplet, hextuplet Greek prefix: ecto- Number of musicians: sextet Number of years: sexennium |
Etymology edit
Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /sɛkˈstʃuːpəl/, /-ˈstju-/, /ˈsɛkstʃʊpəl/, /-stjʊpəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /sɛksˈtʌpəl/, /-ˈtu-/, /sɛkˈstʌpəl/, /-ˈstu-/
- Rhymes: -uːpəl, -ʌpəl, -ʊpəl
Noun edit
sextuple (plural sextuples)
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Adjective edit
sextuple (not comparable)
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Verb edit
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).
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixième Ordinal abbreviation: 6e, (now nonstandard) 6ème Multiplier: sextuple | ||
French Wikipedia article on 6 |
sextuple (plural sextuples)
- sextuple
- (music) two hundred fifty-sixth note
- une sextuple croche ― a two hundred fifty-sixth note
Verb edit
sextuple
- inflection of sextupler:
Further reading edit
- “sextuple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.