different between quintuplicate vs quintuple

English

Etymology

From Latin quintus (“fifth”) + plicare (“to fold”); probably patterned after duplicate from Latin duplicare (“to double”).

Adjective

quintuplicate (not comparable)

1. Multiplied by five.
2. Being the fifth in a set of five.

Noun

quintuplicate (plural quintuplicates)

1. A set of five similar or identical things.
2. One element of such a set.

Verb

quintuplicate (third-person singular simple present quintuplicates, present participle quintuplicating, simple past and past participle quintuplicated)

1. (transitive) To multiply by five.
2. (transitive) To make five copies of.

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Italian

Verb

quintuplicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of quintuplicare
2. second-person plural imperative of quintuplicare
3. feminine plural of quintuplicato

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

Translations

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

Translations

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