sextuple
French, adjective
sextuple is spelled S-E-X-T-U-P-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sextuple is a French adjective meaning “sextuple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of sextupler. With an accent, sextuplé is a different word: “past participle of sextupler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui vaut six fois une quantité donnée”.
What does sextuple mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sextuple
- 2
two hundred fifty-sixth note
une sextuple croche
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of sextupler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La quantité six fois plus grande.
adjective: 1. Qui vaut six fois une quantité donnée.
noun: 1. Fils né d’un même accouchement de six enfants. 2. Fait pour un joueur de marquer six buts au cours d’un même match. 3. Fait pour un joueur ou une équipe de gagner six compétitions lors d’une même saison.
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 sextuple
- sextuples plural
- sextuplée feminine
- sextuplés masculine plural
- sextuplées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is sextuple in French?
sextuple appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).