quintuple

See also: quintuplé and quíntuple

English

English numbers ^(edit)

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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     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

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kwɪnˈtʃuːpəl/, /-ˈtjuː-/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kwɪnˈtʌpəl/, /-ˈtu-/
• 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

Synonyms

• pentuple, pentaplex, quintuplex

Derived terms

• Quintuple Alliance
• quintuple-click
• quintuple double
• quintuple meter
• quintuple time

 

Translations

fivefold — see fivefold

Noun

quintuple (plural quintuples)

1. a fivefold amount

Translations

a fivefold amount

• Finnish: viisinkertainen määrä
• French: quintuple (fr)
• Georgian: ხუთმაგი (xutmagi), ხუთჯერადი (xutǯeradi), ხუთკეცი (xutḳeci)
• Hindi: पचगुना (hi) (pacgunā), पाँचगुना (pā̃cgunā)
• Hungarian: ötszörös (hu)
• Portuguese: quíntuplo (pt), quíntupla
• Spanish: quíntuple (es) m

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.

Synonyms

• pentuple

Derived terms

• quintuplet, quintuplicate

Translations

multiply by five

• Catalan: quintuplicar (ca)
• Finnish: viisinkertaistaa (transitive), viisinkertaistua (intransitive)
• French: quintupler (fr)
• Georgian: გახუთმაგება (gaxutmageba), გახუთკეცება (gaxutḳeceba)
• Hungarian: ötszöröz, megötszöröz
• Italian: quintuplicare
• Portuguese: quintuplicar (pt)
• Spanish: quintuplicar (es)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} quintupler (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} quintuplo (it)

See also

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

Etymology

From Latin quintus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.typl/

• Audio:

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Adjective

French numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: cinq     Ordinal: cinquième     Ordinal abbreviation: 5e, (now nonstandard) 5ème     Multiplier: quintuple
French Wikipedia article on 5

quintuple (plural quintuples)

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

   une quintuple croche ― a 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.

Further reading

• “quintuple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

quintuple

1. feminine plural of quintuplo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷiːn.tu.ple/, [ˈkʷiːn̪t̪ʊpɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwin.tu.ple/, [ˈkwin̪t̪uple]

Adjective

quīntuple

1. vocative masculine singular of quīntuplus