Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To multiply by five.

  2. (transitive)To make five copies of.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Latin quintus (“fifth”) + plicare (“to fold”); probably patterned after duplicate fro

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

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Forms

quintuplicates, quintuplicating, quintuplicated, quintuplicated
Base formquintuplicate · to quintuplicate
3rd person singularquintuplicates
Present participlequintuplicating
Past simplequintuplicated
Past participlequintuplicated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquintuplicate
he, she, itquintuplicates

Past simpleLesson

all personsquintuplicated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave quintuplicated
he, she, ithas quintuplicated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quintuplicate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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