quintuple

American  

[kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-] / kwɪnˈtu pəl, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp əl, ˈkwɪn tʊ pəl, -tyʊ- /

adjective

1. fivefold; consisting of five parts.

2. five times as great or as much.

3. Music. having five beats to a measure.

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noun

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

verb (used with or without object)

quintupled, quintupling

1. to make or become five times as great.

quintuple British  

/ ˈkwɪntjʊpəl, kwɪnˈtjuːpəl /

verb

1. to multiply by five

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adjective

1. five times as much or as many; fivefold

2. consisting of five parts

noun

1. a quantity or number five times as great as another

Etymology

Origin of quintuple

1560–70; < Middle French < New Latin or Medieval Latin quīntuplus, derivative of quīntus fifth ( quint ¹ ), on the model of duplus duple, quadruplus quadruple

Example Sentences

He continues to tease possibilities that are even more unthinkable than a quad axel—like a quintuple jump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

The country of 800,000 inhabitants saw its GDP almost quintuple in the five years since 2020, according to IMF figures.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

The LHC already detects the occasional Higgs pair and should see more after it is upgraded in 2026–29 to quintuple its collision rate.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 2024

Embiid‘s absence makes the Heat-76ers game the only one on the NBA‘s Christmas quintuple header slate that won’t feature a previous winner of the MVP award.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2023

No one imagined that the prison population would more than quintuple in their lifetime.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander