Standard Lemma guide

fourfold

adj · adv · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːfəʊld/
  • General-American: /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F AO2 R F OW1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Four times as great; quadruple.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Comprised of four individual members.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

By a factor of four.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An algebraic variety of degree 4.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

four times as great or many

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a fourfold increase in the dosage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quadruple, four-fold

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

having four units or components

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure
  • quadruplex wire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, four-fold

Antonyms: none provided

8

adverb

Meaning 8

by a factor of four

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: four times

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: четворен (četvoren) — four times as great
  • Czech: čtyřnásobný — four times as great
  • Dutch: viervoudig — four times as great
  • Finnish: nelinkertainen — four times as great
  • Galician: catro veces — four times as great
  • Galician: cuádruple — four times as great
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs) — four times as great
  • Hindi: चौगुना (caugunā) — four times as great
  • Hindi: चौहरा (cauhrā) — four times as great
  • Hindi: चतुर्गुण (caturguṇ) — four times as great
  • Hungarian: négyszer annyi/akkora — four times as great
  • Hungarian: négyszeres — four times as great
  • Latin: quadruplus — four times as great
  • Latin: quadruplex — four times as great
  • Pali: catugguṇa — four times as great
  • Plautdietsch: feafach — four times as great
  • Prakrit: 𑀘𑀉𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀼𑀡 (caügguṇa) — four times as great
  • Punjabi: ਚੌਗੁਣਾ (cauguṇā) — four times as great
  • Russian: четырёхкра́тный (četyrjoxkrátnyj) — four times as great
  • Sanskrit: चतुर्गुण (cáturguṇa) — four times as great
  • Tagalog: makaapat — four times as great
  • Telugu: నాలుగింతలు (nālugintalu) — four times as great
  • Urdu: چوگنا (caugunā) — four times as great
  • Dutch: vierledig — comprised of four individual members
  • Dutch: vierdelig — comprised of four individual members
  • Hungarian: négyrészes — comprised of four individual members
  • Hungarian: négyes — comprised of four individual members
  • Hungarian: négyrétű — comprised of four individual members
  • Swedish: fyrfaldig — comprised of four individual members
  • Bulgarian: четирикратно (četirikratno) — by a factor of four
  • Bulgarian: четворно (četvorno) — by a factor of four
  • Czech: čtyřnásobně — by a factor of four
  • Finnish: nelinkertaisesti — by a factor of four
  • Hindi: चहुरा (cahurā) — by a factor of four
  • Hindi: चौघरा (caughrā) — by a factor of four
  • Hindi: पाव (pāv) — by a factor of four
  • Hindi: चौगुना (caugunā) — by a factor of four
  • Hungarian: négyszeresen — by a factor of four
  • Hungarian: négyszeresére — by a factor of four
  • Russian: четы́режды (četýreždy) — by a factor of four
  • Russian: вче́тверо (včétvero) — by a factor of four
  • Catalan: quadruplicar — increase to four times as much
  • Dutch: verviervoudigen — increase to four times as much
  • Finnish: nelinkertaistaa — increase to four times as much
  • French: quadrupler — increase to four times as much
  • German: vervierfachen — increase to four times as much
  • German: vierfachen — increase to four times as much
  • Hindi: चौगुना करना (caugunā karnā) — increase to four times as much
  • Italian: quadruplicare — increase to four times as much
  • Portuguese: quadruplicar — increase to four times as much
  • Russian: учетверя́ть (učetverjátʹ) — increase to four times as much
  • Russian: учетвери́ть (učetverítʹ) — increase to four times as much
  • Spanish: cuadruplicar — increase to four times as much
  • Swedish: fyrdubbla — increase to four times as much
  • Swedish: fyrfaldiga — increase to four times as much