Quintuplicate Definition

kwĭn-to͝oplĭ-kĭt, -tyo͝o-

quintuplicated, quintuplicates, quintuplicating

adjective

Fivefold.

Webster's New World

Designating the fifth of identical copies.

Webster's New World

noun

Any of five identical copies or things.

Webster's New World

A set of five copies.

American Heritage

verb

To quintuple; make five identical copies of.

Webster's New World

To multiply by five.

Wiktionary

idiom

in quintuplicate

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Quintuplicate

Singular:

quintuplicate

Plural:

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

From Wiktionary
Latin quīntus fifth quintuple (quadru)plicate

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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