nonuple
French, noun
nonuple is spelled N-O-N-U-P-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nonuple is a French masculine noun meaning “a move whose score is multiplied by nine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, nonuplé is a different word: “past participle of nonupler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quantité neuf fois plus grande”.
What does nonuple mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ninefold
noun
- 1
masculinea move whose score is multiplied by nine
- 2
masculinean area on the board where such a move is possible
verb
- 1
past participle of nonupler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Quantité neuf fois plus grande.
adjective: 1. Qui contient neuf fois, qui égale neuf fois une quantité donnée.
noun: 1. Enfant né d'un même accouchement parmi neuf enfants.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nonuple
- nonuples plural
- nonuplée feminine
- nonuplés masculine plural
- nonuplées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nonuple in French?
nonuple appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).