-fold
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-fold
Where it comes from
From Middle English -fold, -fald, -fauld, from Old English -feald (“-fold”), from Proto-West Germanic *-falþ, from Proto-Germanic *-falþaz (“-fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *-poltos (“-fold”), from *pel- (“to fold”).
Cognate with Dutch -voud, Swedish -faldig (“-fold”), Latin -plus, -plex, Ancient Greek -παλτος (-paltos), -πλος (-plos), -πλόος (-plóos). More at fold.
suffix
- Used to make adjectives meaning "times". There has been a threefold increase in inflation ( = inflation is three times what it was before)
- Used to make adverbs meaning "times". Inflation has increased threefold ( = inflation is three times what it was before)
Translations
Every language
suffix used to make adjectives
| Español | see example) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | -배 -bae |
| 日本語 | -倍 -bai |
| 中文 | 倍 bèi |
| Português | see example) |
| Français | see example) |
| Deutsch | -fach, -fache |
| Italiano | see example) |
| Ελληνικά | -πλάσιος -plásios |
| Русский | -кра́тный -krátnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | gấp, lần, gấp ... lần (circumfixal) |
| עברית | פִּי pi, פַּעַם pá'am |
suffix used to make adverbs
| Español | see example) |
|---|---|
| Português | em X vezes |
| Français | see example) |
| Deutsch | -fach, -faltig |
| Italiano | see example) |
| Русский | -кра́тно -krátno |
| עברית | פִּי pi, פַּעַם pá'am |
Talk about this word "-fold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-fold. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. -fold. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-fold "-fold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-fold.Cite this
@misc{fold_2026,
title = {-fold},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-fold},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
