quadruple

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- +‎ -ple. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/, /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/, /kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/, /ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/ Rhymes: -uːpəl === Adjective === quadruple (not comparable) Being four times as long, as big or as many of something. ==== Antonyms ==== quarter (divided into four; one of four equal parts) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled) (transitive) To multiply by four. (intransitive) To increase by a factor of four. (rail transport) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway. ==== Antonyms ==== quarter (divide by four) ==== Derived terms ==== quadruplet ==== Translations ==== === Noun === quadruple (plural quadruples) Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc. (skating) A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air. Synonym: quad ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “quadruple”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “quadruple”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === quadrupel == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin quadruplus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.dʁypl/, /kwa.dʁypl/ === Adjective === quadruple (plural quadruples) quadruple la Quadruple Alliance ― the Quadruple Alliance (music) sixty-fourth note une quadruple croche ― a sixty-fourth note === Noun === quadruple m (plural quadruples) something that is equal to four times something else (Scrabble) a move whose score is multiplied by four (Scrabble) the area on the board where such a move is possible ==== Related terms ==== nonuple === Verb === quadruple inflection of quadrupler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “quadruple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Adjective === quadruple f pl feminine plural of quadruplo == Latin == === Adjective === quadruple vocative masculine singular of quadruplus == Portuguese == === Verb === quadruple inflection of quadruplar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative