quintillizo

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Blend of quinto +‎ mellizo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /kintiˈʝiθo/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʝi.θo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /kintiˈʎiθo/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʎi.θo]
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /kintiˈʝiso/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʝi.so]
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kintiˈʎiso/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʎi.so]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kintiˈʃiso/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʃi.so]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kintiˈʒiso/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʒi.so]

  • Rhymes: -iθo
  • Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: quin‧ti‧lli‧zo

Noun

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quintillizo m (plural quintillizos, feminine quintilliza, feminine plural quintillizas)

  1. quintuplet

Further reading

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