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quadruple
English
Etymology
From Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- +? -uple.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kw?d??pl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kw??d?up?l/
- Rhymes: -u?p?l
Adjective
quadruple (not comparable)
- Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
Antonyms
- quarter (divided into four; one of four equal parts)
Translations
Verb
quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled)
- (transitive) To multiply by four.
- (intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.
- (rail transport) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
Antonyms
- quarter (divide by four)
Translations
See also
Further reading
- quadruple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quadruple in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- quadrupel
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quadruplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.d?ypl/, /kwa.d?ypl/
Adjective
quadruple (plural quadruples)
- quadruple
- Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple.
- (music) sixty-fourth note
Noun
quadruple m (plural quadruples)
- Something that is equal to four times something else.
- Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale.
- (Scrabble) A move whose score is multiplied by four.
- Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples.
- J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple.
- (Scrabble) The area on the board where such a move is possible.
- Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene".
Related terms
- nonuple
Verb
quadruple
- first-person singular present indicative of quadrupler
- third-person singular present indicative of quadrupler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of quadrupler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of quadrupler
- second-person singular imperative of quadrupler
Further reading
- “quadruple” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
quadruple f pl
- feminine plural of quadruplo
Latin
Adjective
quadruple
- vocative masculine singular of quadruplus
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quadruplet
English
Etymology
quadruple +? -et
Noun
quadruplet (plural quadruplets)
- One of a group of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
- (music) A tuplet of four notes.
- A sequence of four elements.
- A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.
Derived terms
- prime quadruplet
Translations
See also
French
Noun
quadruplet m (plural quadruplets)
- quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)
Latin
Verb
quadruplet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of quadrupl?
quadruplet From the web:
- quadruplet meaning
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