quintuple

American  

[kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-] / kwɪnˈtu pəl, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp əl, ˈkwɪn tʊ pəl, -tyʊ- /

adjective

1. fivefold; consisting of five parts.

2. five times as great or as much.

3. Music. having five beats to a measure.

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noun

1. a number, amount, etc., five times as great as another.

verb (used with or without object)

quintupled, quintupling

1. to make or become five times as great.

quintuple British  

/ ˈkwɪntjʊpəl, kwɪnˈtjuːpəl /

verb

1. to multiply by five

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adjective

1. five times as much or as many; fivefold

2. consisting of five parts

noun

1. a quantity or number five times as great as another

Etymology

Origin of quintuple

1560–70; < Middle French < New Latin or Medieval Latin quīntuplus, derivative of quīntus fifth ( quint ¹ ), on the model of duplus duple, quadruplus quadruple