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quintuple

/kˈwɪntuːpəl/KWIN-too-puhl
/kˈwɪntupəl/KWIN-too-puhl

Meaningfivefold

Common meaning: five times as much

Journey through time

  1. Latinquintuplus‘fivefold’source
  2. Frenchquintuple‘fivefold’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsfivefold → five times as muchquintuple‘five times as much’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin quintuplus ‘fivefold’.

Roots

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