ninefold

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adjective

Having nine times as much or as many.

Similar
nonuplenine-foldmultiplenine times
OriginMiddle English *nynefold ← Old English niġonfeald →
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Meanings

adjectiveninefold (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving nine times as much or as many.
  2. not comparableHaving nine parts.

    If so, where is your ninefold thread?

    1872, Palmer Boyd, transl., Nágánanda, act III, page 46
adverbninefold (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy a factor of nine.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving nine units or components

Similar
nonuplenine-foldmultiple

adverbby a factor of nine

Similar
nine times
Also see
nonuple

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishniġonfeald
  2. Middle English*nynefold
  3. Englishninefold

From Middle English *nynefold, *niȝenfald, from Old English niġonfeald. Equivalent to nine + -fold.

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Translations

Hungarian kilencszer annyi/akkora, kilencszeres
  • kilencszer annyi/akkorahaving nine times as much or as many
  • kilencszereshaving nine times as much or as many
  • kilencrészeshaving nine parts
  • kilenceshaving nine parts
  • kilencrétűhaving nine parts
  • kilencszeresenby a factor of nine
  • kilencszereséreby a factor of nine

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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