"Once, twice, thrice,...", what comes next?

As others have stated in the comments, you would continue like this: Once; Twice / a couple of times; Thrice / Three times; Four times ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "Once,twice,thrice,...",whatcomesnext? AskQuestion Asked 5years,7monthsago Modified 2monthsago Viewed 401ktimes 83 16 Howwouldyoucompletethefollowingsequence,untilpoint10? Once Twice Thrice (...) Anyhelpwouldbeappreciated. word-request Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedDec30,2016at10:16 3N1GM4 1,57377silverbadges1212bronzebadges askedDec29,2016at10:17 Anoldmaninthesea.Anoldmaninthesea. 1,10911goldbadge88silverbadges1515bronzebadges 7 10 Thriceisalittleold-fashioned(inBrE).MostpeopleintheUKsay"threetimes". – Mick Dec29,2016at10:26 @Mick-SameintheUS,Ithink.Itwasalittlesurprising,butI'veusedthriceacoupletimesandthepersonIwasspeakingwithorwritingtowasunfamiliarwiththeword. – J.R. ♦ Dec29,2016at10:31 3 @J.R.Someofmyfriendsuseit,butthenwe'realloldcodgers.:-] – Mick Dec29,2016at10:32 3 ThricenowseemstobemorecommoninIndianEnglishthaninBritishorAmerican. – alephzero Dec29,2016at11:44 2 EL&Urelatedquestion:I'vesaiditonce,I'vesaidittwice,I'vesaiditathousandtimes – Mari-LouA Dec29,2016at13:24  |  Show2morecomments 6Answers 6 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 74 Asothershavestatedinthecomments,youwouldcontinuelikethis: Once Twice/acoupleoftimes Thrice/Threetimes Fourtimes Fivetimes Sixtimes Seventimes Eighttimes Ninetimes Tentimes Note:"acouple"doesn'talwaysmeanexactlytwo,althoughitoftendoes. AsmentionedbyMickinthecomments,thriceisquiteoldfashionedandwhilemostpeopleintheUKwouldunderstand,it'snotcommonlyused. Youmightalsoreferencethefactthat12isalsoknownasadozen(andtherefore6ishalfadozen): 6times=Halfadozentimes(or"ahalfdozentimes"intheUS sometimes) 12times=Adozentimes Therearealsosomeotherwaystoreferencenumbersof"things"whichdon'treallyapplyorworkinthe"times"example(someofwhicharealittlearchaicandmorelikelytobeseeninliteratureorpoetrythanineverydayconversationalspeech/writing): 2ants->apair/duoofants 3mice->atrio/trinityofmice 4cats->aquartetofcats 5dogs->aquintetofdogs 20birds->ascoreofbirds 144eggs->agrossofeggs(moreoftencalled12dozeneggs) IntheUK,wealsohavesomeslangforcertainamountsofmoney: £5=afiver £10=atenner £20=ascore(likeabove) £25=apony £500=amonkey £1000=agrand(alsousedintheUS) Therearealoadmorewhichoriginatedincockneyrhymingslang,butthoseabovearethemostcommon. Anyway,I'vegonequiteabitoff-topicthere,buthopefullyansweredyourquestionandgaveyoualittleadditionalinsightaswell. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedApr15,2019at13:48 H.H. 13844bronzebadges answeredDec29,2016at10:43 3N1GM43N1GM4 1,57377silverbadges1212bronzebadges 19 8 I'veneverheardanyoneseriouslysay"ascore","apony",or"amonkey"whenreferringtoquantitiesofmoney.Whilethoseareslangtermsthatarelikelyusedinsomeareasthey'refarfromuniversalintheUK!Fiverandtenner,ortheotherhand,I'dsayareverycommon.Inyouranimalsexample,I'dsayonly"pair"andtoalesserextent"trio"Iwouldexpecttohear;theotherswouldsound(tome)archaic,poetic,orperhapssensibleonlyinsomecontexts(egofastringquartet). – Muzer Dec29,2016at11:29 16 Theanswertotheoriginalquestionisgood.Buttheadditionalinfoisspuriousandquestionable.Sorry.I'venevercomeacross"atrinity"exceptinChurch,and"atrio"isquiteunusualtoo.Mostpeoplewouldjustsay'three'.I'vealsoneverheard"quartet"or"quintet"usedoutsideofthemusicworld.Definitelynotforcatsanddogs."Score"meaning20iscorrectbutarchaic;nobodyusesitnow."Pony"and"Monkey"arecockneyslangandwouldonlyapplytomoney;I'veneverheardeitherinactualuseeither. – Simba Dec29,2016at13:24 2 @3N1GM4I'mnotaregularuserhere,soIcan'tsaywhetheritshelpfulorharmfulforananswertohaveadditionalinfo.WhatIwouldsayhereisthatsomeofitisquitealongwayremovedfromtheoriginalquestion,soit'snotreallyparticularlyrelevant.ButtheanswerhasbeenacceptedsotheOPobviouslyfoundituseful,whichisultimatelytheobjectiveonaQ&Asite,soIguessit'sfine.:) – Simba Dec29,2016at13:36 3 @Simba"Acouple","adozen"etc.areactuallyquitespecificinmany(most?)contexts,whereas"afew"and"ahandful"aremostdefinitelynot.WhenusedunqualifiedI'doftenexpecttheformertomeantheexactvalues,butnotthelatter. – Muzer Dec29,2016at13:53 2 @Muzer"Acouple",inmyexperience,isusuallynotsospecific.IfIaskedsomebody"Howmanythingsarethere?"andtheysaid"Acouple",I'dinterpretthattomean"IthinkthereweretwobutI'mnotabsolutelycertain;theremighthavebeenoneorthree."Iftheysaid"Two",I'dinterpretthattobemeanexactlytwo,withagooddealofcertainty.Ontheotherhand,I'dinterpret"adozen"tomean"twelve". – DavidRicherby Dec29,2016at22:27  |  Show14morecomments 39 once twice thrice andthentherewerenone Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredDec29,2016at10:48 PeterPeter 65.4k66goldbadges6262silverbadges120120bronzebadges 1 1 Alsoenglish.stackexchange.com/questions/6798/… – Andrew Dec29,2016at17:01 Addacomment  |  16 AnyonewhoplaysDRODknowsit's: Thrice Quarce Quince Sence Septence Octence Novence Tonce Edit:Justtoclarify,theseare-indeed-protologisms.InDROD,they'reusedtoindicateroomcoordinates(forcomediceffect,insteadofcommonnotation),e.g."TwiceNorth,SeptenceWest". Sorryfortheconfusion-Ishould'vementionedit'snotstandardlanguage. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedDec30,2016at17:17 answeredDec30,2016at15:08 WritheWrithe 30311silverbadge44bronzebadges 7 4 Andforthevastvastmajorityofthosewhodon't,theywon't. – Mari-LouA Dec30,2016at15:11 1 Writhe,couldyoupleaseindicatetheexactsectionoftheDRODlink,whereIcanfindsuchinformation?thanksinadvance – Anoldmaninthesea. Dec30,2016at16:41 1 fromwikipedia,itseemsthewordsare'protologisms'/neologisms... – Anoldmaninthesea. Dec30,2016at16:44 6 Thisisallwellandgoodforthatparticulargame,butthat'snotthepointofthissiteatall. – ChrisHayes Dec30,2016at22:56 1 ActuallyIreallyappreciatetheinformation.Clearlywhenitcomestoenumeratingthefrequencyofoccurrenceofthings,itisquitefrustratingtorealizethatyournativelanguagelacksthenecessarywords.ButinEnglish,wecoinwordsallthetimesowhynotgowiththeseprotologisms? – bearvarine Jul25,2017at18:43  |  Show2morecomments 4 Welcome, Fourtimes,fivetimes,etc.. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredDec29,2016at10:39 SaravananSaravanan 14922bronzebadges Addacomment  |  3 "Nothing!Thesethreearetheonlywordsoftheirtype,andnofurthertermsintheserieshaveeverexisted."Oxforddictionary Butyoucanusetuples, Namesfortuplesofspecificlengths: 1single 2double 3triple/treble 4quadruple 5quintuplepentadruple 6sextuplehexatruple 7septuple 8octuple 9nonuple 10decuple 11undecuplehendecuple 12duodecuple 13tredecuple 100centuple Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedMay31at6:53 DialFrost 6,28544goldbadges1010silverbadges3939bronzebadges answeredJul26,2017at0:46 DurgeshDurgesh 3111bronzebadge Addacomment  |  0 Somethingthatotheranswershavenotmentionedistheuseof"fold": onefold twofold threefold fourfold Merriam-Websterdoesmentionthat"twofold"means havingtwopartsoraspects So"onefold,twofold..."shouldbeuseableasanalternativesequencehere. Quicknote:"thrice"isalreadyrarelyused!Quarcecanbeusedtodenote4times,butitalso(extremely!)rarelyused. 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