sixfold

Other forms of sixfold

comparative

sixfolder·

superlative

sixfoldest·

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 sixfold

What does sixfold mean?

sixfold means "having six 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 sixfold?

sixfold has 2 syllables: six-fold. The stress falls on "six". In IPA it is /ˈsɪkˌsfoʊld/.

What is another word for sixfold?

Close synonyms include sextuple, six-fold, six 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 sixfold a common word?

sixfold 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.