sextuple

a sixfold amount

Adjective

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

Origin

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

Synonyms

sextuplex

Derived

subsextuple

Noun

  1. a sixfold amount
  2. A team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season.

Forms

sextuples

Verb

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

Forms

sextuples sextupling sextupled

Related

single solo double twofold triple threefold quadruple fourfold quintuple pentuple fivefold loner singleton monad pair couple twosome duo dyad trio threesome triad troika foursome

Derived

sextuplet