Meanings
- not comparableTimes six, multiplied by six.
I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with. 1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbby a factor of six
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishsixfeald
- Middle Englishsexfold
- Englishsixfold
From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سُدَاسِيّ
- سُدَاسِيّ (sudāsiyy)having six component parts
Bulgarian шесторен, шесторен
- шесторен (šestoren)having six times as much or as many
- шесторен (šestoren)having six component parts
Finnish kuusiosainen
- kuusiosainenhaving six component parts
Hungarian hatszoros, hatszor annyi/akkora
- hatszoroshaving six times as much or as many
- hatszor annyi/akkorahaving six times as much or as many
- hatrészeshaving six component parts
- hatoshaving six component parts
- hatrétűhaving six component parts
- hatszorosantimes six, multiplied by six
- hatszorosáratimes six, multiplied by six
Irish séchodach
- séchodachhaving six component parts
Persian ششگانه
- ششگانه (šešgâne)having six component parts
Russian шестикра́тный
- шестикра́тный (šestikrátnyj)having six component parts
Cite this entry
sixfold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixfold
“sixfold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixfold. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sixfold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixfold.
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