ninefold

Other forms of ninefold

comparative

ninefolder·

superlative

ninefoldest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ninefold

What does ninefold mean?

ninefold means "having nine units or components". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ninefold?

ninefold has 2 syllables: ninef-old. The stress falls on "ninef". In IPA it is /ˈnɪnˌfoʊld/.

What is another word for ninefold?

Close synonyms include nonuple, nine-fold, nine times. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ninefold a common word?

ninefold is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ninefold?

14 words rhyme with ninefold. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.