How to pronounce decuple
American English pronunciation
DEK-yuh-pul
- IPA
- /ˈdɛkjəpəl/
- Syllables
- DEK · yuh · pul (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What decuple means
Ten times as great; tenfold
In a sentence: The new oven gave the baker a decuple batch of bread, ten loaves for every one she made before.
Where it comes from: It came through French from a Latin word meaning tenfold, built from the Latin words for ten and fold.
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