Meanings
adjectivequintuple (not comparable)
- not comparablefive times as much
- not comparableentertainmenthaving five crotchets in a bar
verbquintuple (third-person singular simple present quintuples, present participle quintupling, simple past and past participle quintupled)
present singular third person quintuples · participle present quintupling · participle past quintupled · past quintupled
- intransitiveTo be multiplied by five.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinquīntuplus
- Middle Frenchquintuple
- Englishquintuple
From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan quintuplicar
- quintuplicarmultiply by five
Finnish viisinkertainen määrä, viisinkertaistaa
- viisinkertainen määräa fivefold amount
- viisinkertaistaamultiply by five
- viisinkertaistuamultiply by five
French quintuple, quintupler
- quintuplea fivefold amount
- quintuplermultiply by five
Hindi पचगुना, पाँचगुना
- पचगुना (pacgunā)a fivefold amount
- पाँचगुना (pā̃cgunā)a fivefold amount
Hungarian ötszörös, ötszöröz
- ötszörösa fivefold amount
- ötszörözmultiply by five
- megötszörözmultiply by five
Italian quintuplicare
- quintuplicaremultiply by five
Portuguese quíntuplo, quíntupla
- quíntuploa fivefold amount
- quíntuplaa fivefold amount
- quintuplicarmultiply by five
Spanish quíntuple, quintuplicar
- quíntuplea fivefold amount
- quintuplicarmultiply by five
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with quintuple
couplepupiltuplesupplequadruplescruplepupaldupleuncouplesouplecentuplecupeloctuplesextuplethroupleundecuple
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
quintuple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quintuple
MLA
“quintuple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quintuple. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quintuple,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quintuple.
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