quintuplet

English

Etymology

From Middle French quintuple.

Noun

quintuplet (plural quintuplets)

1. One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
2. (music) A tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four.
3. A collection or combination of five things.
4. A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.

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)
• German: Fünfling m
• Japanese: 五つ子 (ja) (itsutsugo)
• Maori: māhanga rima
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: femling m

  Nynorsk: femling m

• Portuguese: quíntuplo (pt) m, quíntupla f
• Spanish: quintillizo (es) m
• Swedish: femling
• Turkish: beşiz (tr)

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