quintuplet

English

Etymology

From quintuple +‎ -et, from Middle French quintuple.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kwɪnˈtʌplət/, /kwɪnˈtjuːplət/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /kwɪnˈtʌplət/, /kwɪnˈtuplət/

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• Rhymes: -ʌplət, -uplət

Noun

quintuplet (plural quintuplets)

1. A group of five, particularly (music) a tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four.

   Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, triplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, pentuplet, sextuplet, septuplet, octuplet, nonuplet, decuplet, centuplet, multiplet

2. One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
3. A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.

Synonyms

• (five things): See Thesaurus:quintet

Translations

one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth

• Danish: femling (da) c
• Dutch: vijfling (nl) m
• Finnish: viitonen (fi)
• French: quintuplé (fr)
• Galician: quintillizo (gl) m
• German: Fünfling (de) m
• Japanese: 五つ子 (ja) (itsutsugo)
• Maori: māhanga rima
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: femling m

  Nynorsk: femling m

• Portuguese: quíntuplo (pt) m, quíntupla f
• Spanish: quintillizo (es) m
• Swedish: femling (sv)
• Turkish: beşiz (tr)
• Yoruba: ìbárùn-ún

See also

• twin

Number	1	2	3	4	5
Modifier	single	double / twofold	triple / threefold	quadruple / fourfold	quintuple / pentuple / fivefold
Whole	loner / singleton / monad	pair / couple / twosome / dyad	trio / threesome / triad / troika	foursome / tetrad	fivesome
Part	only one / singlet	twin / one of two / doublet	triplet / one of three	quadruplet / one of four	quintuplet / pentuplet / one of five
Number	6	7	8	9	10
Modifier	sextuple / hextuple / sixfold	septuple / heptuple / sevenfold	octuple / eightfold	ninefold / nonuple	tenfold / decuple
Whole	sixsome	sevensome	eightsome	ninesome	tensome / decad
Part	sextuplet / hextuplet / one of six	one of seven / septuplet / heptuplet	octuplet / one of eight	one of nine / nonuplet	one of ten / decuplet
Number	11	12	13	100	many
Modifier	elevenfold / undecuple / hendecuple	twelvefold / duodecuple	thirteenfold / tredecuple	a hundredfold / centuple	multiple
Whole	elevensome	twelvesome	thirteensome	hundredsome
Part	one of eleven / undecuplet / hendecuplet	one of twelve / duodecuplet	one of thirteen / tredecuplet	one of a hundred / centuplet	one of many / multiplet