fivefold

English

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Cardinal: five     Ordinal: fifth     Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary     Reverse order ordinal: fifth to last, fifth from last, last but four     Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate     Adverbial: five times     Multiplier: fivefold     Latinate multiplier: quintuple     Distributive: quintuply     Germanic collective: fivesome     Germanolatinate collective: quintuplet, pentuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: pentad     Greek collective prefix: penta-     Latinate collective prefix: quinque-     Fractional: fifth     Latinate fractional prefix: quintant-     Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet     Greek prefix: pempto-     Number of musicians: quintet     Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum

Alternative forms

• five-fold

Etymology

From Middle English fiffold, from Old English fīffeald. Equivalent to five +‎ -fold.

Adjective

fivefold (not comparable)

1. Five times as much or as many.
2. In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
   • 1885, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 246:

     [W]e pay twofold adoration to the goddess who grants increase and perfection. ... Fivefold adoration to her who exists in the form of Wisdom.

Derived terms

• fivefold ministry

Translations

five times as much or as many — see also quintuple

• Hungarian: ötszörös (hu), ötször akkora/annyi

in a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple — see also quintuple

• Arabic: خُمَاسِيّ (ḵumāsiyy)
• Bulgarian: петорен (petoren)
• Czech: pětinásobný
• Danish: femdobbelt
• Dutch: vijfvoudig (nl)
• Finnish: viisinkertainen
• French: quintuple (fr)
• Friulian: cuintupli
• German: fünffach (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πενταπλοῦς (pentaploûs)

• Gujarati: પાંચગણું (pā̃cgaṇũ)
• Hindi: पंचगुना (pañcgunā), पचगुना (hi) (pacgunā), पाँचगुना (pā̃cgunā)
• Hungarian: ötrészes, ötös (hu), ötrétű
• Italian: quintuplo (it)
• Japanese: 五倍 (ごばい gobai), 五重 (ja) (いつえ itsue, ごじゅう gojū)
• Latin: quincuplex (la)
• Marathi: पाचपट (pācpaṭ)
• Middle English: fiffold
• Old English: fīffeald
• Portuguese: quíntuplo (pt), quíntupla
• Punjabi: ਪਾੰਚਗੁਨਾ (pāñcgunā)
• Sanskrit: पञ्चगुण (sa) (pañcaguṇa)
• Spanish: quíntuple (es)
• Swedish: femfaldig (sv), femdubbel
• Tagalog: makalima
• Telugu: ఐదింతలు (te) (aidintalu)
• Tswana: gatlhano
• Turkish: beşli (tr)

Adverb

fivefold (not comparable)

1. By a factor of five.

Translations

by a factor of five

• Hungarian: ötszörösen, ötszörösére

References

• “fivefold”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.