quintuple

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adjective

quin·​tu·​ple kwin-ˈtü-pəl 

-ˈtyü-,

-ˈtə- 

ˈkwin-tə-

1

: being five times as great or as many

2

: having five units or members

3

: marked by five beats per measure

quintuple meter

quintuple noun

quintuple

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verb

quintupled; quintupling kwin-ˈtü-p(ə-)liŋ 

-ˈtyü-,

-ˈtə-;

ˈkwin-tə-

transitive verb

: to make five times as great or as many

intransitive verb

: to become five times as much or as numerous

Examples of quintuple in a Sentence

Adjective

Share prices are quintuple what they were a few days ago.

Verb

The town's population has quintupled in the past 50 years.

The company has quintupled the number of its employees.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Taylor Swift gave an update on her dad Scott Swift's health on Monday following his quintuple bypass surgery over the summer. —Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025

The Jaguars follow up on a wild 8-5 bid, which featured three overtime wins (one went to into quintuple OT). —Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025

Verb

That has more than quintupled to 16 modules providing more living space than a six-bedroom home, with two bathrooms, a gym, six sleeping pods and a cupola that provides a 360-degree view of the Earth below. —Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 31 Oct. 2025

Police vehicle pursuits in Aurora increased tenfold in the six months after the department broadened its policy, and the number of people injured more than quintupled. —Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle French, from Medieval Latin quintuplus, from Latin quintus fifth + -plus -fold; akin to Latin quinque five — more at five, -fold

First Known Use

Adjective

1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1639, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

quintuple

1 of 2 adjective

quin·​tu·​ple kwin-ˈt(y)üp-əl  -ˈtəp- 

ˈkwint-əp-

1

: having five units or members

2

: being five times as great or as many

quintuple noun

quintuple

2 of 2 verb

quintupled; quintupling -(ə-)liŋ 

: to make or become five times as great or as many