quintuple

a fivefold amount

Adjective

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

Origin

From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”).

Synonyms

pentuple pentaplex quintuplex

Derived

Quintuple Alliance quintuple-click quintuple double quintuple meter quintuple star system quintuple time subquintuple

Noun

  1. a fivefold amount

Forms

quintuples

Verb

  1. To multiply by five.
  2. To be multiplied by five.

Forms

quintuples quintupling quintupled

Synonyms

pentuple

Related

single solo double twofold triple threefold quadruple fourfold quintuple pentuple fivefold loner singleton monad pair couple twosome duo dyad trio threesome triad troika foursome

Derived

quintuplet quintuplicate