quintuple

[kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-]

adjective

1. fivefold; consisting of five parts.

2. five times as great or as much.

3. Music.,  having five beats to a measure.

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

/ ˈkwɪntjʊpəl, kwɪnˈtjuːpəl /

verb

1. to multiply by five

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of quintuple¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of quintuple¹

C16: from French, from Latin quintus, on the model of _quadruple

Example Sentences

L.A. was a tumbleweed boomtown whose population had doubled in one decade and quintupled in the next, morphing from village to metropolis in a generation.

From Los Angeles Times

The population of Los Angeles quintuples in two decades.

From Los Angeles Times

The number of deaths by drug overdose has quintupled in the last quarter-century.

From Salon

We know that we live in what's considered a fire zone because our fire insurance has quintupled, of course, but I do have this fire hose.

From Salon

The extent of wildfire in California has quintupled since the 1970s, the study notes.

From Science Daily