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quintuple

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See also: quintuplé and quíntuple

English

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English numbers (edit)
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: five
    Ordinal: fifth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 5th
    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
    Number of musicians: quintet
    Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kwɪnˈtʃuːp(ə)l/, /-ˈtjuː-/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kwɪnˈtʌp(ə)l/, /-ˈtu-/
    • Audio (US); /kwɪnˈtu.pəl/:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːpəl, -ʌpəl

Adjective

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

quintuple (plural quintuples)

  1. a fivefold amount

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Verb

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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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

French numbers (edit)
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    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

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

Adjective

quintuple

  1. feminine plural of quintuplo

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

quīntuple

  1. vocative masculine singular of quīntuplus

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