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manifold

man·i·fold/ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/adjective, adverb, noun, verb

manifold is spelled M-A-N-I-F-O-L-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables (man·i·fold). It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, manifold means “Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in manifold?

Letters8: M-A-N-I-F-O-L-D
Syllables3: man·i·fold
In writing2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is manifold?

Manifold appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce manifold?

  • US /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/
  • US /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/
  • US /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/

Manifold has 3 syllables, split man·i·fold in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-manifold.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of manifold

  • more manifold comparative
  • most manifold superlative
  • manyfold
  • manifolds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • manifolding participle, present
  • manifolded participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does manifold mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.

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  2. 2

    Many in number; numerous.

  3. 3

    Complicated.

adverb

  1. 1

    Many times; repeatedly.

noun

  1. 1

    A copy made by the manifold writing process.

  2. 2

    A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.

  3. 3

    USThe third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.

  4. 4

    A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ.

  5. 5

    A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object

verb

  1. 1

    To make manifold; multiply.

  2. 2

    To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Manifold in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchdivers (various in kind or quality), multiple (numerous, multiple, multiplied), collecteur (pipe fitting), variété (locally Euclidean space)
Germanvielfältig, mannigfaltig, verschieden, divers, unterschiedlich (various in kind or quality), vielfach (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways)
Portuguesemúltiplos, variados (various in kind or quality), coletor (pipe fitting), variedade (locally Euclidean space)
Spanishmúltiple (various in kind or quality), colector (pipe fitting), variedad (locally Euclidean space)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does manifold come from?

From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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