Manyfold

[irmamar]

May I use manyfold in a sentence like this:

I have manyfold books.

Thanks.

[Ambarina]

I think manyfold is an adverb, Irma. Is this one on the list you have to remember? It's a rather old word and not often used nowadays.

My book collection has grown manyfold as I recently became a member of the bookclub.

[irmamar]

The dictionary said "a lot", and I wasn't sure. Thanks

Yes, this is one of the words... I think there are many old fashioned, and that can confuse me. Maybe I'll start speaking in the 18th century way.

[pjt33]

"Fold" en palabras así ("twofold", "threefold", etc) significa multiplicación. "A threefold increase" sería un aumento en 200%.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by pjt33

"Fold" en palabras así ("twofold", "threefold", etc) significa multiplicación. "A threefold increase" sería un aumento en 200%.

I was wondering about this. The SOED doesn't even list the word, and Websters on-line gives it as an adverb. Yet here your use as an adjective seems correct. (If you continue with... a manyfold increase..)

[bobjenkins]

Como dijeron los demás (number)fold significa multiplicación , mientras manyfold significa "por muchos" "times many"

The profits increased manyfold in the last century
The profits increased many times in the last..
The pofits increased substantially / significantly in the....

Creo que manyfold no es común aquí

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by Perikles

I was wondering about this. The SOED doesn't even list the word, and Websters on-line gives it as an adverb. Yet here your use as an adjective seems correct. (If you continue with... a manyfold increase..)

Hmm. Oxford Spanish-English doesn't have "manyfold" but sends "twofold" to "-fold" (suff), where one example is adverbial and two are adjectival.

Y por si alguien se preguntara, "muchfold" me suena muy equivocado.

[Charles]

I can only think of it being used as an adverb. You do not have manyfold books. But this is not modern English, it is old...very old.

[irmamar]

Surely it's an old word.

I'm very grateful for your help. Thanks everybody.