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English translation: 2 = double, 3 = triple, 4 = quadruple, 5 = quintuple, 6 = sextuple, 7 = septuple, 8 = octuple

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English term or phrase:	2=double,3=triple,what's for 4,5,6 etc.
English translation:	2 = double, 3 = triple, 4 = quadruple, 5 = quintuple, 6 = sextuple, 7 = septuple, 8 = octuple
Entered by:	Mats Wiman

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11:00 Sep 21, 2003

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English term or phrase: 2=double,3=triple,what's for 4,5,6,e.t.c.

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tunde ige

2=double,3=triple, 4 = quadruple, 5= quintuple, 6= sextuple, 7 = septuple 8 = octuple

Explanation:
I do not know yet if it goes on further

Selected response from:

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 22:49

Grading comment

I'm now enlightened and grateful,thanks.
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +22

2=double,3=triple, 4 = quadruple, 5= quintuple, 6= sextuple, 7 = septuple 8 = octuple

Mats Wiman

5 +5

quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple ...

xxxIanW

3 +3

ctually you can go on by using the suffix uple.

Syeda Tanbira Zaman

multiple

alx

four-fold, five-fold, etc.

chica nueva

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +22

2=double,3=triple, 4 = quadruple, 5= quintuple, 6= sextuple, 7 = septuple 8 = octuple

Explanation:
I do not know yet if it goes on further

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 22:49
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in pair: 22

Grading comment

I'm now enlightened and grateful,thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

xxxIanW: Beat me to it, Mats ...

1 min

agree

David Moore: Scientists might disagree with me; but I've never heard any beyond "octuple".

2 mins

agree

Roomy Naqvy: perfectly agree; Mats, you beat me too!!!

3 mins

agree

Amy Williams

10 mins

agree

Steffen Walter: OK, that's the derivation from Latin. Depending on the nature or target audience of a particular translation, you may also use the more obvious "four times", "five times" etc. (provided it fits the context).

10 mins

agree

jerrie

49 mins

agree

Mumtaz

58 mins

agree

Empty Whiskey Glass

59 mins

agree

J. Leo: nonuple/ninefold, denary/tenfold...the suffix -fold may be more common after 8.

1 hr

agree

Bob Kerns

1 hr

agree

Marian Greenfield

1 hr

agree

Refugio

2 hrs

agree

Alexa Dubreuil

2 hrs

agree

Tanja Abramovic

2 hrs

agree

Syeda Tanbira Zaman: ...and novuple, decuple... whatelse ??? :)

3 hrs

agree

airmailrpl: -

5 hrs

agree

Alaa Zeineldine

5 hrs

agree

Catherine Norton

7 hrs

agree

Patricia Baldwin

16 hrs

agree

Jennie Sherrick, MA

1 day8 hrs

agree

AhmedAMS

7 days

agree

gotmilk8437: Syeda Tanbira Zaman, I believe it's nonuple not novuple, or so I've heard, and yes I only know up to decuple...

1223 days

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple ...

Explanation:
x4 = quadruple
x5 = quintuple
x6 = sextuple
x7 = septuple

xxxIanW
Local time: 22:49
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 235

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

ctually you can go on by using the suffix uple.

Explanation:
You think you never heard of Novuple..
read this....
I had what you might call triple triple arhuriskopically surgery done to my torn -- no, ripped rotator cuff. And seeing as how they bypassed the actual joint, I guess the technical turm for it was novuple bypass surgery.

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Note added at 2003-09-21 14:35:27 (GMT)
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oops! There is no docuple in googles.

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Note added at 2003-09-21 14:37:11 (GMT)
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But there is decuple...The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

decuple

SYLLABICATION: dec·u·ple
PRONUNCIATION: dky-pl
ADJECTIVE: 1. Consisting of ten parts or members. 2. Ten times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.
NOUN: A tenfold amount or number.
INTRANSITIVE & TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: dec·u·pled, dec·u·pling, dec·u·ples
To multiply or be multiplied by ten.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin decuplus : Latin decem, ten; see dek in Appendix I + Latin -plus, -fold; see pel-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: de·cuply —ADVERB

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Note added at 2003-09-21 19:59:44 (GMT)
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And now the GRAND DADDY of -uple the N-UPLE. It can be found in scientific papers maths, Physics, Chemistry especially when you are dealing with Waves... development in cluster of wave functions, for example. N-uple ecitations. The Engineers are familiar with it.

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Note added at 2003-09-21 20:01:43 (GMT)
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For the mathematically inclined..
http://king.thch.unipg.it/~franc/ct/node98.html

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Note added at 2003-09-21 20:16:12 (GMT)
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T-Uple is a term used in data structures.

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Note added at 2003-09-21 20:18:48 (GMT)
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And in TELE COMMUNUCATIONS..By combining these two new technologies, new cable owners can double, quadruple or even oct-uple, 16-uple, and 32-uple the carrying capacity of each fibre..

http://www.electricwords.com/crossroads/cross99/990817cross....

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Note added at 2003-09-21 20:21:48 (GMT)
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SO THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE USE OF UPLES. PLEASE LET ME HAVE THE PRIVILAGE OF COINING A TERM IN ENGLISH. SORRY, I CANNOT BE MODEST ABOUT IT. :)

\"INFINITUPLE\"

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Note added at 2003-09-21 21:14:53 (GMT)
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Actually INFINITUPLE allready exists in the WEBSTERS DICTIONARY 1913 edition. Here is what it says...
Infinituple
In*fin\"i*tu`ple (?), a. [Cf. Quadruple.] Multipied an infinite number of times. [R.]

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Note added at 2003-09-21 21:16:02 (GMT)
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http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.page.sh?PAGE=759

Reference: http://www.nccn.net/~gcyc/gcycMAR-00.PDF

Syeda Tanbira Zaman
Local time: 02:19
Native speaker of:

Bengali,

Hindi
PRO pts in pair: 14

23 hrs confidence:

multiple

Explanation:
As for languages, you might say bilingual, trilingual but multilingual will suit better than quadrilingual etc...in French, after 3, we say "polyglotte" (several tongues)

alx
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of:

French

5 days confidence:

four-fold, five-fold, etc.

Explanation:
This is a possible synonym, if you are looking for one. It is an adjective, not a verb, and is not completely interchangeable. You can use it for increases, for example, but not for heart-bypass operations.

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Note added at 6 days (2003-09-28 10:05:12 GMT) Post-grading
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Already given by James Caulfield, I see.

chica nueva
Local time: 08:49
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 83

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English translation: 2 = double, 3 = triple, 4 = quadruple, 5 = quintuple, 6 = sextuple, 7 = septuple, 8 = octuple

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