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quintuplicate

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

adjective

  1. not comparable Multiplied by five.
  2. not comparable Being the fifth in a set of five.

noun quintuplicates

  1. A set of five similar or identical things.
  2. One element of such a set.

verb quintuplicates · quintuplicating · quintuplicated

  1. transitive To multiply by five.
  2. transitive To make five copies of.

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verb multiply by five

Españolquintuplicar
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"quintuplicate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/quintuplicate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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quintuplicate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/quintuplicate

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"quintuplicate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/quintuplicate.

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@misc{quintuplicate_2026,
  title = {quintuplicate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quintuplicate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}