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fivefold

fivefold adjective: five times as much or as many.

Adjective

fivefold (not comparable)

  1. Five times as much or as many.
  2. In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
    • [W]e pay twofold adoration to the goddess who grants increase and perfection. ... Fivefold adoration to her who exists in the form of Wisdom.1885, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 246

Adverb

fivefold (not comparable)

  1. By a factor of five.

fivefold meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

fivefold in Hindi

in a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple
पंचगुना pañcgunā, पचगुना pacgunā, पाँचगुना pā̃cgunā

fivefold in Marathi

in a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple
पाचपट pācpaṭ

fivefold in Urdu

fivefold, quintuple
پچ گنا pac-gunā

fivefold in Telugu

in a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple
ఐదింతలు aidintalu
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fivefold in Punjabi
ਪਾੰਚਗੁਨਾ pāñcgunā
fivefold in Gujarati
પાંચગણું pā̃cgaṇũ
fivefold in Sanskrit
पञ्चगुण pañcaguṇa
fivefold in Tagalog
makalima
fivefold in Arabic
خُمَاسِيّ ḵumāsiyy

Forms of fivefold

alternative formfive-fold

Origin of fivefold

From Middle English fiffold, from Old English fīffeald. Equivalent to five + -fold.

Words formed from fivefold

Questions about fivefold

What does fivefold mean?
Fivefold means five times as much or as many.
What is fivefold in Hindi?
Fivefold in Hindi is पंचगुना (pañcgunā), पचगुना (pacgunā), पाँचगुना (pā̃cgunā). See Fivefold meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fivefold?
Fivefold can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near fivefold in the dictionary

  1. Fiveashes
  2. fiveawn speargrass
  3. fivebrane
  4. fivebranes
  5. fived
  6. fivefold
  7. fivefold ministry
  8. fivefoldness
  9. fivegram
  10. fivegrams
  11. fivehead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fivefold (page history and authors); پچ گنا (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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