centuple
See also: centuplé
English
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Cardinal: hundred Ordinal: hundredth Multiplier: hundredfold Latinate multiplier: centuple Collective: hundred Multiuse collective: centuplet Metric collective prefix: hecto- Metric fractional prefix: centi- Elemental: centuplet Number of years: century, centennium |
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːpəl
Adjective
centuple (not comparable)
- Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.
Translations
hundredfold
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Verb
centuple (third-person singular simple present centuples, present participle centupling, simple past and past participle centupled)
- (intransitive) To increase a hundredfold.
- (transitive) To increase or multiply something by a hundred.
- 2015, Errico Malatesta, Carl Levy, Life and Ideas: The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta
- "Mechanisation, science, and technology have centupled the productive potential of human labour."
- 2015, Errico Malatesta, Carl Levy, Life and Ideas: The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta
Derived terms
- centuplet
Related terms
- centuplication
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.typl/
Audio (file)
Noun
centuple m (plural centuples)
- hundredfold quantity
- 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Une charogne”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:
- Et de rendre au centuple à la grande Nature / Tout ce qu’ensemble elle avait joint.
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Verb
centuple
- inflection of centupler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “centuple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Adjective
centuple
- feminine plural of centuplo
Latin
Adjective
centūple
- vocative masculine singular of centūplus