quintuple

See also: quintuplé and quíntuple

English

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Cardinal: five     Ordinal: fifth, pempto-     Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary     Multiplier: quintuple, fivefold     Distributive: quintuply     Collective: pentad, fivesome     Fractional: fifth     Number of musicians: quintet

Etymology

From Middle French quintuple.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːpəl

Adjective

quintuple (not comparable)

1. having five parts or members
2. five times as much
3. (music) having five crotchets in a bar

Synonyms

• pentaplex
• quintuplex

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)
• 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) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to multiply something (or be multiplied) by five

Translations

multiply by five

• Catalan: quintuplicar (ca)
• Finnish: viisinkertaistaa (transitive), viisinkertaistua (intransitive)
• French: quintupler (fr)

• Georgian: გახუთმაგება (gaxutmageba), გახუთკეცება (gaxutḳeceba)
• Italian: quintuplicare
• Portuguese: quintuplicar (pt)
• Spanish: quintuplicar (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

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

Derived terms

• quintuplet
• quintuplicate
• Quintuple Alliance

See also

Coefficient	Noun	Result
1	single	singlet
2	double	doublet twin
3	triple	triplet
4	quadruple	quadruplet
5	quintuple pentuple	quintuplet pentuplet
6	sextuple hextuple	sextuplet hextuplet
7	septuple heptuple	septuplet heptuplet
8	octuple	octuplet
9	nonuple	nonuplet
10	decuple	decuplet
11	undecuple hendecuple	undecuplet hendecuplet
12	duodecuple	duodecuplet
13	tredecuple	tredecuplet
100	centuple	centuplet
many	multiple	multiplet

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French

Etymology

From Latin quintus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.typl/

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Adjective

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Cardinal: cinq     Ordinal: cinquième     Multiplier: quintuple

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Adjective

quintuple

1. feminine plural of quintuplo