quintuple
adjective/ˈkwɪntjʊpl/
/kwɪnˈtuːpl/
[only before noun] determiner- consisting of five parts, people, or groups
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- being five times as much or as many
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via French from medieval Latin quintuplus, from Latin quintus ‘fifth’ + -plus as in duplus (from duo ‘two’).
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