different between quintuplet vs quintuple

English

Etymology

From Middle French quintuple.

Noun

quintuplet (plural quintuplets)

1. One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
2. (music) A tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four.
3. A collection or combination of five things.
4. A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.

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See also

• twin

English

Etymology

From Middle French quintuple.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?p?l

Adjective

quintuple (not comparable)

1. having five parts or members
2. five times as much
3. (music) having five crotchets in a bar

Translations

Noun

quintuple (plural quintuples)

1. a fivefold amount

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Verb

quintuple (third-person singular simple present quintuples, present participle quintupling, simple past and past participle quintupled) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to multiply something (or be multiplied) by five

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Derived terms

• quintuplet
• quintuplicate
• Quintuple Alliance

See also

French

Etymology

From Latin quintus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.typl/

Adjective

quintuple (plural quintuples)

1. quintuple
2. (music) hundred twenty-eighth note

Noun

quintuple m (plural quintuples)

1. quintuple

Further reading

• “quintuple” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

quintuple

1. feminine plural of quintuplo