Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Consisting of five parts or members.
  • adjective Five times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.
  • noun A fivefold amount or number.
  • transitive & intransitive verb To multiply or be multiplied by five.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To make fivefold.
  • To increase fivefold.
  • Fivefold; containing five times the number or amount.
  • In botany, divided or arranged by a rule of five; fivefold.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold.
  • adjective (Mus.) a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used.
  • transitive verb To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective having five parts or members
  • adjective five times as much
  • noun a fivefold amount
  • verb to multiply something (or be multiplied) by five

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having five units or components
  • verb increase fivefold
  • noun a set of five similar things considered as a unit

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Old French : Latin quīntus, fifth; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + -ple, -fold (from Latin -plus; see pel- in Indo-European roots).]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle French quintuple.

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  • José Mourinho buttered up Sir Alex Ferguson, claimed the Old Trafford groundsman was his friend, spent every minute of Wednesday's match in the technical area, lost 2-0, muttered darkly about Inter's policy failings, tipped United for the "quintuple" and then allegedly punched an abusive United supporter as he boarded the team coach.

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  • United's Scottish manager believes he has the players to pull off a 'quintuple' but admits that it will take a bit of luck for that to happen, particularly when it comes to keeping key stars fit.

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