quintuple
See also: quintuplé and quíntuple
English
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| Cardinal: five Ordinal: fifth Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary Adverbial: five times Multiplier: fivefold Latinate multiplier: quintuple Distributive: quintuply Collective: fivesome Multiuse 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 quintus (“five”) + plus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːpəl, -ʌpəl
Adjective
quintuple (not comparable)
- having five parts or members
- five times as much
- (music) having five crotchets in a bar
Synonyms
- pentuple, pentaplex, quintuplex
Derived terms
- Quintuple Alliance
Translations
fivefold — see fivefold
Noun
quintuple (plural quintuples)
- a fivefold amount
Translations
a fivefold amount
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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
- pentuple
Derived terms
- quintuplet, quintuplicate
Translations
multiply by five
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See also
| Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| 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
Etymology
From Latin quintus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ̃.typl/
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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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Adjective
quintuple
- feminine plural of quintuplo