quintuplicate

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

multiply by five

• Catalan: quintuplicar (ca)
• Galician: quintuplicar
• Portuguese: quintuplicar (pt)
• Spanish: quintuplicar (es)

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