Standard Lemma guide

quadruple

adj · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/
  • General-American: /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/
  • General-American: /kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/
  • General-American: /ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/
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  • rhymes with -uːpəl
  • CMU ARPABET: K W AA0 D R UW1 P AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skating, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quad

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To multiply by four.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Quadrupling four gives sixteen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To increase by a factor of four.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

four times as great or many

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a fourfold increase in the dosage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fourfold, four-fold

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

having four units or components

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure
  • quadruplex wire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a quantity that is four times as great as another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: multiple

10

noun

Meaning 10

a set of four similar things considered as a unit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quartet, quartette, quadruplet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set

11

verb

Meaning 11

increase fourfold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • His stock earning quadrupled

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: multiply, manifold

History

Etymology

From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: четворен (četvoren) — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Bulgarian: учетворен (učetvoren) — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Catalan: quàdruple — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Danish: firedobbelt — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Dutch: viervoud — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Finnish: nelinkertainen — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Georgian: ოთხმაგი (otxmagi) — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Georgian: ოთხკეცი (otxḳeci) — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • German: vierfach — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Hindi: चहुरा (cahurā) — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Hindi: चौघरा (caughrā) — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Hindi: पाव (pāv) — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Hindi: चौगुना (caugunā) — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Hungarian: négyszer akkora/annyi — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Ido: quaropla — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Interlingua: quadruple — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Irish: ceathrúil — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Italian: quadruplice — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Italian: quadruplo — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Japanese: 四倍 — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Japanese: 四重 — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Latin: quadruplus — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Latin: quadruplex — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Norwegian: firedobbelt — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Norwegian: kvadruppelt — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Polish: poczwórny — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Portuguese: quádruplo — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Romanian: cvadruplu — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Russian: четверно́й (četvernój) — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Spanish: cuádruple — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Spanish: cuádruplo — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Swedish: fyrdubbel — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Swedish: fyrfaldig — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Swedish: kvadrupel — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Welsh: pedwarplyg — being four times as long, as big or as many of something
  • Belarusian: пачацвяра́ць (pačacvjarácʹ) — to multiply by four
  • Belarusian: пачацвяры́ць (pačacvjarýcʹ) — to multiply by four
  • Bulgarian: учетворявам (učetvorjavam) — to multiply by four
  • Dutch: verviervoudigen — to multiply by four
  • Esperanto: kvarobligi — to multiply by four
  • Finnish: nelinkertaistaa — to multiply by four
  • Georgian: გაოთხმაგება (gaotxmageba) — to multiply by four
  • Georgian: გაოთხკეცება (gaotxḳeceba) — to multiply by four
  • German: vervierfachen — to multiply by four
  • Hungarian: négyszerez — to multiply by four
  • Hungarian: megnégyszerez — to multiply by four
  • Interlingua: quadruplicar — to multiply by four
  • Italian: quadruplicare — to multiply by four
  • Japanese: 四倍する (yombai suru) — to multiply by four
  • Latin: quadruplicō — to multiply by four
  • Māori: whakareawhā — to multiply by four
  • Norwegian: firedoble — to multiply by four
  • Norwegian: kvadruple — to multiply by four
  • Polish: poczworzyć — to multiply by four
  • Polish: poczwarzać — to multiply by four
  • Portuguese: quadruplicar — to multiply by four
  • Russian: учетверя́ть (učetverjátʹ) — to multiply by four
  • Russian: учетвери́ть (učetverítʹ) — to multiply by four
  • Spanish: cuadruplicar — to multiply by four
  • Swedish: fyrdubbla — to multiply by four
  • Hindi: चौगुना (caugunā) — (intransitive) to increase by a factor of four
  • Hungarian: megnégyszereződik — (intransitive) to increase by a factor of four
  • Hungarian: négyszeresére nő — (intransitive) to increase by a factor of four
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