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fold föld Föld English Etymology en ine-pro *pel- (fold) From en enm -fold, enm -fald, enm -fauld, from en ang -feald -fold, from en gmw-pro *-falþ, from en gem-pro *-falþaz -fold, from en ine-pro *-poltos -fold, from ine-pro *pel- to fold. Cognate with nl -voud, sv -faldig -fold, la -plus, la -plex, grc -παλτος, grc -πλος, grc -πλόος. More at en fold. Pronunciation en en-us--fold.ogg US Suffix - - Used to make adjectives meaning "times". There has been a threefold increase in inflation ( = inflation is three times what it was before) 1991, Vittoria Cioce; Vince Castronovo; Barry M. Shmookler; et. al, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, "Increased Expression of the Laminin Receptor in Human Colon Cancer" [1] The cancer tissue in two of the ... specimens ... exhibited a dramatic 23-fold increase in the laminin-receptor-mRNA levels. en 2011 Joel. E. Houghlum Principles of Pharmacology for Athletic Trainers "[Use] of a decimal without a zero to the left of the decimal (ie .5 instead of 0.5) has resulted in 10-fold error[.] en 2013 Jerome Strong Spiritual Musings II: Sermons, Musings & Exegesis Ezekiel outlines the harlotry of Judah followed by a thirty-two-fold judgment. Used to make adverbs meaning "times". Inflation has increased threefold ( = inflation is three times what it was before) en c. 1906 Silk Association of America XXXV Annual Meeting of the Silk Association of America A publication ... entitled "The Sixth Financial and Economical Annual of Japan" ... issued in 1906 ... says: ¶ "...[O]ur export trade had in ... thirty-two years increased thirty-four-fold with Asia, twenty-three-fold with America, and five-fold with Europe[.] en 2011 James R. Gibson Farming the Frontier His potatoes yielded forty-onefold in 1816 and his barley thirty-twofold in 1818. en 2014 Thomas R. Oliver Guide to U.S. Health and Health Care Policy In contrast, the number of Asian foreign born would increase twenty-two-fold to more than 11 million, and the number of Latin American foreign born would increase twenty-three-fold to 22 million. en Matt Egan It’s a bizarre time for Trump to open Alaska’s Arctic refuge up to oil drilling w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/business/trump-arctic-alaska-oil-drilling-anwr 2020-08-18 BP (BP) has also promised to increase its low carbon investments 10-fold by 2030 as part of its bid to get to net zero emissions by 2050. https://web.archive.org/web/20230907025504/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/business/trump-arctic-alaska-oil-drilling-anwr/ Usage notes Some writers and speakers use constructions like "an increase by twofold" to mean "a twofold increase". This can lead to confusion, as the logical rendering of "an increase by twofold" would imply "a 200% increase of the original amount" and the latter "an increase to 200% of the original amount". Caution should be taken to avoid such confusion. Typically, -fold takes no preposition. In scientific contexts, "-fold" is sometimes appended to numerals (with the same sense), as in a 2010 paper by M.C. Stone et al., which mentions "10-fold up-regulation of the number of growing microtubules" in its abstract. Derived terms Note: -fold can be combined with the word for any positive integer. The words listed below are some of the most common combinations. These words are not hyphenated. en n n onefold twofold threefold fourfold fivefold sixfold sevenfold eightfold ninefold tenfold elevenfold twelvefold twentyfold thirtyfold fortyfold fiftyfold sixtyfold seventyfold eightyfold ninetyfold hundredfold thousandfold millionfold manifold en Translations used to make adjectives Armenian: hy -պատիկ Azerbaijani: az -qat Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 倍 bèi Cornish: kw -plek, kw -blek, kw -flek Dutch: nl -voudig Esperanto: eo -obla Finnish: fi -kertainen French: fois (as a separate word: see example) a threefold increase - un accroissement de trois fois German: de -fach, de -fache f-p Gothic: got -𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 Greek: el -πλάσιος Ancient Greek: grc -πλασίων, grc -πλάσιος Hebrew: he פִּי pi multiplicative (as a separate word, before that of number), he פַּעַם pá'am sg. / he פְּעָמִים pe'amím pl. (as a separate word, after another numeral + the word of modified number) Hungarian: hu -szoros, hu -szeres, hu -szörös a threefold increase - háromszoros növekedés Italian: volte (as a separate word: see example) a threefold increase - un aumento di tre volte Japanese: ja 倍 -ばい, -bai -倍 Korean: ko 배 -배 Latin: la -fārius Manx: gv -filley, gv -illey Polish: pl -krotny Portuguese: vezes (as a separate word: see example) a threefold increase - um aumento de três vezes Russian: ru -кра́тный Slovak: sk -krát Spanish: veces (as a separate word: see example) a threefold increase - un aumento de tres veces Swedish: sv -faldig Vietnamese: vi gấp preceding a number, vi lần after a number, vi gấp ... lần gấp ... lần circumfixal Welsh: cy -blyg, cy -phlyg used to make adverbs Armenian: hy -պատիկ Cornish: kw -plek, kw -blek, kw -flek Dutch: nl -voudig Esperanto: eo -oble Finnish: fi -kertaisesti French: fois (as a separate word: see example) to increase threefold - accroitre trois fois German: de -fach, de -faltig Greek: Ancient Greek: grc -πλασιόνως Hebrew: he פִּי pi multiplicative (as a separate word, before that of number), he פַּעַם pá'am sg. / he פְּעָמִים pe'amím pl. (as a separate word, after another numeral + the word of modified number) Hungarian: hu -szorosan, hu -szeresen, hu -szörösen, hu -szorosára, hu -szeresére, hu -szörösére hu -szoros/hu -szeres/hu -szörös combined with hu -an/hu -en or hu -a+hu -ra / hu -e+hu -re to increase threefold - háromszorosára növekszik (or háromszorosan megnövekszik) Italian: volte (as a separate word: see example) to increase threefold - aumentare tre volte Manx: gv -filley, gv -illey Polish: pl -kroć, pl -krotnie Portuguese: pt em X vezes Russian: ru -кра́тно Slovak: sk -krát Spanish: veces (as a separate word: see example) to increase threefold - aumentar tres veces Swedish: sv -faldigt, sv -falt Welsh: cy -blyg, cy -phlyg Anagrams en dflo FLOD Danish Etymology From da non -faldr, from da gem-pro *-falþaz. See da fold Suffix da suffix da rare Used to make adjectives meaning times. Used to make adverbs meaning times. 2010, Knud H. Thomsen, Knud H. Thomsen (Pichard), Klokken i Makedonien, Gyldendal A/S (9788702104905) da Inde i den lød tonerne af „Lili Marlene“, og fra bjergene svarede ekkoet tifold tilbage. Inside it came the tones of "Lili Marlene", and from the mountains the echo replied tenfold. Synonyms da gang gange Derived terms da enfold flerfold hundredfold mangefold syvfold tifold trefold tusindfold See also da -foldig References Middle English Alternative forms enm -fald -falde -feld -folde -vald enm -feald early Etymology enm ang -feald, from enm gmw-pro *-falþ, from enm gem-pro *-falþaz. Pronunciation enm /-fɔːld/ enm /-faːld/ Northern ME enm /-fɑːld/ early Suffix enm suffix adjective-forming suffixes Forms adjectives meaning "times" or "parts"; en -fold. Derived terms enm Descendants en -fold sco -fauld 1 yol -vold References -fōld suf MED16532