quintuple

adj, noun, verb — 6 senses

quintuple

adj

UK /kwɪnˈtʃuːp(ə)l/ · US /kwɪnˈtʌp(ə)l/

Etymology From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”).

1

having five parts or members

2

five times as much

3

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music having five crotchets in a bar

Synonyms
pentuple, pentaplex, quintuplex
Derived terms
Quintuple Alliance, quintuple-click, quintuple double, quintuple meter, quintuple star system, quintuple time, subquintuple

quintuple

noun

Etymology From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”).

1

a fivefold amount

quintuple

verb

Etymology From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”).

1

To multiply by five.

2

To be multiplied by five.

Synonyms
pentuple
Derived terms
quintuplet, quintuplicate
Related terms
105 termssingle, solo, double, twofold, triple, threefold, quadruple, fourfold, quintuple, pentuple, fivefold, loner, singleton, monad, pair, couple, twosome, duo, dyad, trio, threesome, triad, troika, foursome, quartet, tetrad, fivesome, quintet, pentad, only one, singlet, twin, one of two, doublet, triplet, one of three, quadruplet, one of four, quintuplet, pentuplet, one of five, sextuple, hextuple, sixfold, septuple, heptuple, sevenfold, octuple, eightfold, ninefold, nonuple, tenfold, decuple, sixsome, sextet, hexad, sevensome, septet, heptad, eightsome, octet, octad, ninesome, nonet, ennead, tensome, decet, decad, sextuplet, hextuplet, one of six, one of seven, septuplet, heptuplet, octuplet, one of eight, one of nine, nonuplet, one of ten, decuplet, elevenfold, undecuple, hendecuple, twelvefold, duodecuple, thirteenfold, tredecuple, a hundredfold, centuple, multiple, elevensome, twelvesome, thirteensome, hundredsome, one of eleven, undecuplet, hendecuplet, one of twelve, duodecuplet, one of thirteen, tredecuplet, one of a hundred, centuplet, one of many, multiplet

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