quintuplicate

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word quintuplicate. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word quintuplicate, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say quintuplicate in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word quintuplicate you have here. The definition of the word quintuplicate will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofquintuplicate, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From Latin quintus (fifth) + plicare (to fold); probably patterned after duplicate from Latin duplicare (to double).

Adjective

quintuplicate (not comparable)

  1. Multiplied by five.
  2. Being the fifth in a set of five.

Noun

quintuplicate (plural quintuplicates)

  1. A set of five similar or identical things.
  2. One element of such a set.

Verb

quintuplicate (third-person singular simple present quintuplicates, present participle quintuplicating, simple past and past participle quintuplicated)

  1. (transitive) To multiply by five.
  2. (transitive) To make five copies of.

Translations

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

quintuplicate

  1. inflection of quintuplicare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

quintuplicate f pl

  1. feminine plural of quintuplicato

Spanish

Verb

quintuplicate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of quintuplicar combined with te