adj · adv · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈtɛnfoʊld/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Ten times as much or as many.
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
Containing ten parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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3
adv
Meaning 3
By ten times as much.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
1896, William Allen Sylvester, Modern Carpentry and Building, page 142, "But, since we have increased the original value of 26 tenfold its original value, we must increase the original result tenfold : ten times 2 equal 20, the required answer."
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
containing ten or ten parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ten-fold, denary
Antonyms: none provided
6
adverb
Meaning 6
by ten times as much
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the population increased tenfold
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
десеторен
(desetoren)
— ten times as much or as many
Catalan:
dècuple
— ten times as much or as many
Chinese Mandarin:
十倍的
(shí bèi de)
— ten times as much or as many
Esperanto:
dekoble
— ten times as much or as many
Finnish:
kymmenkertainen
— ten times as much or as many
French:
décuple
— ten times as much or as many
Hindi:
दसगुना
(dasgunā)
— ten times as much or as many
Hungarian:
tízszeres
— ten times as much or as many
Hungarian:
tízszer akkora/annyi
— ten times as much or as many
Italian:
decuplo
— ten times as much or as many
Latin:
decuplus
— ten times as much or as many
Polish:
dziesięciokrotny
— ten times as much or as many
Portuguese:
décuplo
— ten times as much or as many
Russian:
десятикратный
(desjatikratnyj)
— ten times as much or as many
Swedish:
tiofaldig
— ten times as much or as many
Telugu:
పదింతలు
(padintalu)
— ten times as much or as many
Welsh:
decplyg
— ten times as much or as many
Welsh:
ar ei ddegfed
— ten times as much or as many
Bulgarian:
десеторен
(desetoren)
— containing ten parts
Finnish:
kymmenosainen
— containing ten parts
Hungarian:
tízrészes
— containing ten parts
Hungarian:
tízes
— containing ten parts
Hungarian:
tízrétű
— containing ten parts
Italian:
decuplo
— containing ten parts
Polish:
dziesięcioczęściowy
— containing ten parts
Serbo-Croatian:
десетострук
— containing ten parts
Serbo-Croatian:
desetostruk
— containing ten parts
Welsh:
decplyg
— containing ten parts
Bulgarian:
десеторно
(desetorno)
— by ten times as much
Dutch:
vertienvoudigen
— by ten times as much
Finnish:
kymmenkertaisesti
— by ten times as much
French:
décupler
— by ten times as much
Hebrew:
עֲשֶׂרֶת מוֹנִים
('aséret moním)
— by ten times as much
Hindi:
दसगुना
(dasgunā)
— by ten times as much
Hungarian:
tízszeresen
— by ten times as much
Hungarian:
tízszeresére
— by ten times as much
Italian:
decuplicare
— by ten times as much
Occitan:
desenar
— by ten times as much
Polish:
dziesięciokrotnie
— by ten times as much
Polish:
dziesięciokroć
— by ten times as much
Portuguese:
decuplicar
— by ten times as much
Portuguese:
decuplar
— by ten times as much
Russian:
десятикратно
(desjatikratno)
— by ten times as much
Serbo-Croatian:
десетоструко
— by ten times as much
Serbo-Croatian:
desetostruko
— by ten times as much
Swedish:
tiofalt
— by ten times as much
Welsh:
yn ddecplyg
— by ten times as much
Welsh:
ar ei ddegfed
— by ten times as much
Catalan:
decuplicar
— increase to ten times as much
Finnish:
kymmenkertaistaa
— increase to ten times as much
Hindi:
दसगुना
(dasgunā)
— increase to ten times as much
Hungarian:
megtízszerez
— increase to ten times as much
Hungarian:
megtízszereződik
— increase to ten times as much
Hungarian:
tízszeresére nő
— increase to ten times as much
Polish:
zdziesięciokrotnić
— increase to ten times as much
Polish:
zdziesięciokrotniać
— increase to ten times as much
Romanian:
înzeci
— increase to ten times as much
Spanish:
decuplicar
— increase to ten times as much