different between decuple vs tenfold

English

Etymology

From French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plico (“fold”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?dekju?p?/, /?dekju?p?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?kj?p?/, /?d?kj?pl./

Adjective

decuple (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Tenfold.

Translations

Noun

decuple (plural decuples)

1. (archaic) An amount multiplied by ten.

Verb

decuple (third-person singular simple present decuples, present participle decupling, simple past and past participle decupled)

1. (archaic) To multiply by ten.

Translations

Related terms

• decuplet

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114

Anagrams

• cupeled

Italian

Adjective

decuple f

1. feminine plural of decuplo

Latin

Adjective

decuple

1. vocative masculine singular of decuplus

Spanish

Verb

decuple

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of decuplar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of decuplar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of decuplar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of decuplar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English t?enfeald. Equivalent to ten +? -fold.

Adjective

tenfold (not comparable)

1. containing ten parts
2. ten times as much

Synonyms

• (containing ten parts): denary
• (ten times as much): decuple

Translations

Adverb

tenfold (not comparable)

1. by ten times as much

Translations

Verb

tenfold (third-person singular simple present tenfolds, present participle tenfolding, simple past and past participle tenfolded)

1. to increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten

Translations

Anagrams

• fold net