quintuple
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English
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| Cardinal: five Ordinal: fifth Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary Reverse order ordinal: fifth to last, fifth from last, last but four Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate Adverbial: five times Multiplier: fivefold Latinate multiplier: quintuple Distributive: quintuply Group collective: fivesome Multipart collective: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek or Latinate collective: pentad Greek collective prefix: penta- Latinate collective prefix: quinque- Fractional: fifth Latinate fractional prefix: quintant- Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek prefix: pempto- Number of musicians: quintet Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum | ||
Etymology
From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
quintuple (not comparable)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
fivefold — see fivefold
Noun
quintuple (plural quintuples)
- a fivefold amount
Translations
a fivefold amount
Verb
quintuple (third-person singular simple present quintuples, present participle quintupling, simple past and past participle quintupled)
- (transitive) To multiply by five.
- (intransitive) To be multiplied by five.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
multiply by five
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See also
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
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| Cardinal: cinq Ordinal: cinquième Ordinal abbreviation: 5e, (now nonstandard) 5ème Multiplier: quintuple | ||
| French Wikipedia article on 5 | ||
quintuple (plural quintuples)
- quintuple
- (music) hundred twenty-eighth note
- une quintuple croche ― a hundred twenty-eighth note
Noun
quintuple m (plural quintuples)
- 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.
Further reading
- “quintuple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Adjective
quintuple
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
quīntuple