centuple

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See also: centuplé

English

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English numbers (edit)
100
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    Cardinal: hundred
    Ordinal: hundredth
    Multiplier: hundredfold
    Latinate multiplier: centuple
    Germanic collective: hundred
    Collective of n parts: centuplet
    Metric collective prefix: hecto-
    Metric fractional prefix: centi-
    Elemental: centuplet
    Number of years: century, centennium

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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centuple (not comparable)

  1. Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.

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Verb

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centuple (third-person singular simple present centuples, present participle centupling, simple past and past participle centupled)

  1. (intransitive) To increase a hundredfold.
  2. (transitive) To increase or multiply something by a hundred.
    • 2015, Errico Malatesta, Carl Levy, Life and Ideas: The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta[1]:
      "Mechanisation, science, and technology have centupled the productive potential of human labour."

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.typl/
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Noun

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centuple m (plural centuples)

  1. hundredfold quantity

Verb

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centuple

  1. inflection of centupler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Italian

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Adjective

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centuple

  1. feminine plural of centuplo

Latin

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Adjective

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centuple

  1. vocative masculine singular of centuplus