quintuple
quintuple · quintuples
A fivefold amountA fivefold amount
UK/kwɪnˈtʃuːp(ə)l/US/kwɪnˈtʌp(ə)l/
» I love songs like this. Or rather, I love any song with a quintuple meter.
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1 sensesA fivefold amount
More definitions
- a set of five similar things considered as a unit
Examples
1 sentencesI love songs like this. Or rather, I love any song with a quintuple meter.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-pleFrom Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”).
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Forms
plural: quintuples| Singular | quintuple |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a set of five similar things considered as a unit:quintetquintettequintuplet
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.