Meanings
alternative four-fold
- not comparableComprised of four individual members.
Most pupils have a fourfold object in studying a language; they wish to be able to read and write, to speak and to understand it.
1895, [Charles Hardy], The Aural System […], page 5
present singular third person fourfolds · participle present fourfolding · participle past fourfolded · past fourfolded · alternative four-fold
plural fourfolds · alternative four-fold
- mathematicsAn algebraic variety of degree 4.
Our main application is to the classification of Poisson brackets on Fano fourfolds.
2015, Brent Pym, “Elliptic singularities on log symplectic manifolds and Feigin--Odesskii Poisson brackets”, in arXiv
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbBy a factor of four.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving four units or components
adverbby a factor of four
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishfēowerfeald
- Middle Englishfourfold
- Englishfourfold
From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian четворен, четирикратно
- четворен (četvoren)four times as great
- четирикратно (četirikratno)by a factor of four
- четворно (četvorno)by a factor of four
Catalan quadruplicar
- quadruplicarincrease to four times as much
Czech čtyřnásobný, čtyřnásobně
- čtyřnásobnýfour times as great
- čtyřnásobněby a factor of four
Dutch viervoudig, vierledig
- viervoudigfour times as great
- vierledigcomprised of four individual members
- vierdeligcomprised of four individual members
- verviervoudigenincrease to four times as much
Finnish nelinkertainen, nelinkertaisesti
- nelinkertainenfour times as great
- nelinkertaisestiby a factor of four
- nelinkertaistaaincrease to four times as much
French quadrupler
- quadruplerincrease to four times as much
German vervierfachen, vierfachen
- vervierfachenincrease to four times as much
- vierfachenincrease to four times as much
Hindi चौगुना, चौहरा
- चौगुना (caugunā)four times as great
- चौहरा (cauhrā)four times as great
- चतुर्गुण (caturguṇ)four times as great
- चहुरा (cahurā)by a factor of four
- चौघरा (caughrā)by a factor of four
- पाव (pāv)by a factor of four
- चौगुना (caugunā)by a factor of four
- चौगुना करना (caugunā karnā)increase to four times as much
Hungarian négyszer annyi/akkora, négyszeres
- négyszer annyi/akkorafour times as great
- négyszeresfour times as great
- négyrészescomprised of four individual members
- négyescomprised of four individual members
- négyrétűcomprised of four individual members
- négyszeresenby a factor of four
- négyszereséreby a factor of four
Italian quadruplicare
- quadruplicareincrease to four times as much
Latin quadruplus, quadruplex
- quadruplusfour times as great
- quadruplexfour times as great
Portuguese quadruplicar
- quadruplicarincrease to four times as much
Punjabi ਚੌਗੁਣਾ
- ਚੌਗੁਣਾ (cauguṇā)four times as great
Russian четырёхкра́тный, четы́режды
- четырёхкра́тный (četyrjoxkrátnyj)four times as great
- четы́режды (četýreždy)by a factor of four
- вче́тверо (včétvero)by a factor of four
- учетверя́ть (učetverjátʹ)increase to four times as much
- учетвери́ть (učetverítʹ)increase to four times as much
Spanish cuadruplicar
- cuadruplicarincrease to four times as much
Swedish fyrfaldig, fyrdubbla
- fyrfaldigcomprised of four individual members
- fyrdubblaincrease to four times as much
- fyrfaldigaincrease to four times as much
Tagalog makaapat
- makaapatfour times as great
Urdu چوگنا
- چوگنا (caugunā)four times as great
Cite this entry
fourfold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourfold
“fourfold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourfold. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fourfold,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourfold.
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