Meanings
nounsextuple (plural sextuples)
plural sextuples
- a sixfold amount
- ball gamesA team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season.
adjectivesextuple (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving six parts.
- not comparableBeing six times as great.
verbsextuple (third-person singular simple present sextuples, present participle sextupling, simple past and past participle sextupled)
present singular third person sextuples · participle present sextupling · participle past sextupled · past sextupled
- To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinsextus“sixth”
- Englishsextuple
Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Sextuple
- Sextuplea team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season
Portuguese sêxtuplo
- sêxtuplosixfold amount
Spanish sextete
- sextetea team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sextuple
couplepupiltuplesupplequadruplequintuplescruplepupaldupleuncouplesouplecentuplecupeloctuplethroupleundecuple
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sextuple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextuple
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sextuple,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextuple.
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