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quintuplicate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quin-tu-pli-cate
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Multiplied by five.

adj

Being the fifth in a set of five.

noun

A set of five similar or identical things.

noun

One element of such a set.

verb

To multiply by five.

Transitive verb

verb

To make five copies of.

Transitive verb

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

quintuplicates (plural) quintuplicates (present, singular) quintuplicating (participle, present) quintuplicated (participle, past) quintuplicated (past)

Questions

What does quintuplicate mean?
Multiplied by five.
Where does quintuplicate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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