adj
Meaning 1
Having nine times as much or as many.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ninefold
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adj
Meaning 2
Having nine parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
By a factor of nine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having nine units or components
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nonuple, nine-fold
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
by a factor of nine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- my investment has increased ninefold
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nine times
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English *nynefold, *niȝenfald, from Old English niġonfeald. Equivalent to nine + -fold.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: kilencszer annyi/akkora — having nine times as much or as many
- Hungarian: kilencszeres — having nine times as much or as many
- Hungarian: kilencrészes — having nine parts
- Hungarian: kilences — having nine parts
- Hungarian: kilencrétű — having nine parts
- Hungarian: kilencszeresen — by a factor of nine
- Hungarian: kilencszeresére — by a factor of nine