fivefold
English
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| Cardinal: five Ordinal: fifth Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary Reverse order ordinal: fifth to last, fifth from last, last but four Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate Adverbial: five times Multiplier: fivefold Latinate multiplier: quintuple Distributive: quintuply Group collective: fivesome Multipart collective: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek or Latinate collective: pentad Greek collective prefix: penta- Latinate collective prefix: quinque- Fractional: fifth Latinate fractional prefix: quintant- Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek prefix: pempto- Number of musicians: quintet Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English fiffold, from Old English fīffeald. Equivalent to five + -fold.
Adjective
fivefold (not comparable)
- Five times as much or as many.
- In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
- 1885, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 246:
- [W]e pay twofold adoration to the goddess who grants increase and perfection. ... Fivefold adoration to her who exists in the form of Wisdom.
Derived terms
Translations
in a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple — see also quintuple
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Adverb
fivefold (not comparable)
- By a factor of five.
Translations
by a factor of five
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References
- “fivefold”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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