hundredfold

English

English numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
←  90		100
		10
Cardinal: hundred     Ordinal: hundredth     Multiplier: hundredfold     Latinate multiplier: centuple     Group collective: hundred     Multipart collective: centuplet     Metric collective prefix: hecto-     Metric fractional prefix: centi-     Elemental: centuplet     Number of years: century, centennium

Etymology

From Middle English hundredfold. Equivalent to hundred +‎ -fold.

Adjective

hundredfold (not comparable)

1. Multiplied by a hundred.

   Synonym: centuple

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs.

Translations

Multiplied by a hundred

• Aghwan: 𐕇𐕒𐕍𐕈𐕒𐕌 (x̣oq̇åom)
• Bulgarian: стократен (bg) (stokraten)
• Finnish: satakertainen
• French: centuple (fr), cent fois (fr)
• German: hundertfach (de)
• Hungarian: százszor (hu)
• Latin: centumplex
• Middle English: hundredfold
• Polish: stokrotny
• Spanish: céntuplo (es)
• Swedish: hundrafaldig
• Ukrainian: стокра́тний (stokrátnyj)

Adverb

hundredfold (not comparable)

1. By a factor of one hundred.

Translations

by a factor of one hundred

• Finnish: satakertaisesti
• French: une centaine de fois
• Hindi: शतधा (hi) (śatdhā)
• Middle English: hundredfold
• Polish: stokroć, stokrotnie
• Ukrainian: стокра́тно (stokrátno)

Verb

hundredfold (third-person singular simple present hundredfolds, present participle hundredfolding, simple past and past participle hundredfolded)

1. (rare) To increase to one hundred times as much; to multiply by a hundred.

Translations

increase to hundred times as much

• Bulgarian: стократно (bg) (stokratno)
• Finnish: satakertaistaa
• French: centupler (fr)
• Georgian: ასჯერ (asǯer)
• Romanian: însuti (ro)

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

	100	1,000  →
Cardinal: hundred     Ordinal: hundred     Multiplier: hundredfold

Alternative forms

• hundredfald, hundyrdfold, hondrethfolde, hundredfeld, hundreþfold, hundret fald, hundrefold, hundrid fold, hundred fold, hundred folde, hundredfolde, hundreth-fald

Etymology

From hundred +‎ -fold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhundrɛdˌfɔːld/, /ˈhundrɛθˌfɔːld/, /ˈhundərˌfɔːld/, /-fɑːld/

Adjective

hundredfold

1. hundredfold

Descendants

• English: hundredfold

References

• “hundredfōld, adj., adv., n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

hundredfold

1. hundredfold

Descendants

• English: hundredfold

References

• “hundredfōld, adj., adv., n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.