centuple
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See also: centuplé
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| 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 | ||
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːpəl
Adjective
centuple (not comparable)
- Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.
Derived terms
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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to increase a hundredfold
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Pronunciation
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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Verb
centuple
- inflection of centupler:
Further reading
- “centuple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Adjective
centuple
Adjective
centuple
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