Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quadruplicate

/ˌkwɑˈdɹuːplɪkət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: qua-dru-pli-cate
IPA: /ˌkwɑˈdɹuːplɪkət/

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

having four parts

adj

four times over, multiplied by four

noun

One of four copies of something.

noun

In quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies.

verb

To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.

Example Sentences

"The small schools might specialize upon the type locally most desirable, the larger might group its triplicate (or quadruplicate) system of sustained and serious courses about a common Library […]"
"[…] Fortune, who delights in making the miner or the lumber-man a quadruplicate millionaire and in "busting" the railroad king."
"quadruplicates of the receipts"
"[…] quadruplicates, were run only for those triplicates yielding 20 % or more of the population. Quadruplicates were examined for combinations where each of the verbal and gesture / sign language variables accounted for 5 % or more of the […]"
"Four times Cupid's debtor I-- / Bankrupt in quadruplicate."

Etymology

From Latin quadruplicatus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: quadruplicatus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌkwɑˈdɹuːplɪkət/

Inflected Forms

quadruplicates (plural) quadruplicates (present, singular) quadruplicating (participle, present) quadruplicated (participle, past) quadruplicated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

triplicate duplicate

Synonyms

quadruple quadruplex fourfold four-fold

Questions

How do you pronounce quadruplicate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkwɑˈdɹuːplɪkət/.
What does quadruplicate mean?: having four parts
Where does quadruplicate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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