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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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quintuple
English
Etymology
From Middle French quintuple.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u?p?l
Adjective
quintuple (not comparable)
- having five parts or members
- five times as much
- (music) having five crotchets in a bar
Translations
Noun
quintuple (plural quintuples)
- a fivefold amount
Translations
Verb
quintuple (third-person singular simple present quintuples, present participle quintupling, simple past and past participle quintupled) (transitive, intransitive)
- to multiply something (or be multiplied) by five
Translations
Derived terms
- quintuplet
- quintuplicate
- Quintuple Alliance
See also
French
Etymology
From Latin quintus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.typl/
Adjective
quintuple (plural quintuples)
- quintuple
- (music) hundred twenty-eighth note
Noun
quintuple m (plural quintuples)
- quintuple
Further reading
- “quintuple” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
quintuple
- feminine plural of quintuplo
quintuple From the web:
- quintuplets means
- what quintuple mean
- quintuple what comes next
- quintuplets what next
- what does quintuple mean
- what is quintuple bypass surgery
- what's after quintuplets
- what is quintuplets pregnant
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