Test
Your
Word IQ! Play Now

quintuple

[ kwin-too-puh l, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uh l, kwin-too-puh l, -tyoo- ]
/ kwɪnˈtu pəl, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp əl, ˈkwɪn tʊ pəl, -tyʊ- /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR quintuple ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

fivefold; consisting of five parts.
five times as great or as much.
Music. having five beats to a measure.

noun

a number, amount, etc., five times as great as another.

verb (used with or without object), quin·tu·pled, quin·tu·pling.

to make or become five times as great.

QUIZZES

THIS WEEK’S WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ IS POSITIVELY FELICIFIC

Do you study our Words of the Day with great assiduity? See how many you remember from March 3 to April 5!
Question 1 of 7
transliterate
to remove or destroy all traces of.
to change (letters, words, etc.), into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.
to explain in terms that can be more easily understood.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of quintuple

1560–70; < Middle French < New Latin or Medieval Latin quīntuplus, derivative of quīntus fifth (see quint1), on the model of duplus duple, quadruplus quadruple

Words nearby quintuple

quintet, quintic, quintile, quintilian, quintillion, quintuple, quintuplet, quintuplex, quintuplicate, quinua, quinze
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Words related to quintuple

cinquefoil, pentangle, pentagram, lustrum, cinque, quinquennium, pentacle, quintuplet, pentagon, limerick, pentad, pentamerous, quinary, quinate, quinquennial, quincunx, quintuplicate

Example sentences from the Web for quintuple

British Dictionary definitions for quintuple

quintuple
/ (ˈkwɪntjʊpəl, kwɪnˈtjuːpəl) /

verb

to multiply by five

adjective

five times as much or as many; fivefold
consisting of five parts

noun

a quantity or number five times as great as another

Word Origin for quintuple

C16: from French, from Latin quintus, on the model of quadruple
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012