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quintuple

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See also: quintuplé and quíntuple

English

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English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: five
    Ordinal: fifth
    Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary
    Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate
    Adverbial: five times
    Multiplier: fivefold
    Latinate multiplier: quintuple
    Distributive: quintuply
    Germanic collective: fivesome
    Collective of n parts: quintuplet, pentuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: pentad
    Greek collective prefix: penta-
    Latinate collective prefix: quinque-
    Fractional: fifth
    Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet
    Greek prefix: pempto-
    Number of musicians: quintet
    Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum

Etymology

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

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Adjective

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quintuple (not comparable)

  1. having five parts or members
  2. five times as much
  3. (music) having five crotchets in a bar

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Noun

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quintuple (plural quintuples)

  1. a fivefold amount

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Verb

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quintuple (third-person singular simple present quintuples, present participle quintupling, simple past and past participle quintupled)

  1. (transitive) To multiply by five.
  2. (intransitive) To be multiplied by five.

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Number 1 2 3 4 5
Modifier single double / twofold triple / threefold quadruple / fourfold quintuple / pentuple / fivefold
Whole loner / singleton / monad pair / couple / twosome / dyad trio / threesome / triad / troika foursome / tetrad fivesome
Part only one / singlet twin / one of two / doublet triplet / one of three quadruplet / one of four quintuplet / pentuplet / one of five
Number 6 7 8 9 10
Modifier sextuple / hextuple / sixfold septuple / heptuple / sevenfold octuple / eightfold ninefold / nonuple tenfold / decuple
Whole sixsome sevensome eightsome ninesome tensome / decad
Part sextuplet / hextuplet / one of six one of seven / septuplet / heptuplet octuplet / one of eight one of nine / nonuplet one of ten / decuplet
Number 11 12 13 100 many
Modifier elevenfold / undecuple / hendecuple twelvefold / duodecuple thirteenfold / tredecuple a hundredfold / centuple multiple
Whole elevensome twelvesome thirteensome hundredsome
Part one of eleven / undecuplet / hendecuplet one of twelve / duodecuplet one of thirteen / tredecuplet one of a hundred / centuplet one of many / multiplet

French

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Etymology

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From Latin quintus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɛ̃.typl/
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Adjective

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French numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: cinq
    Ordinal: cinquième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 5e, (now nonstandard) 5ème
    Multiplier: quintuple

quintuple (plural quintuples)

  1. quintuple
  2. (music) hundred twenty-eighth note
    une quintuple crochea hundred twenty-eighth note

Noun

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quintuple m (plural quintuples)

  1. quintuple
    Donne-moi de l’argent et je t’en rendrais le quintuple.Give me the money, and I'll pay you back five-fold.

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Italian

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Adjective

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quintuple

  1. feminine plural of quintuplo

Latin

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quīntuple

  1. vocative masculine singular of quīntuplus