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quintuplet

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quin·tu·plet  (kwn-tplt, -tplt, -ty-, kwnt-plt)
n.
1. One of five offspring born in a single birth.
2. A group or combination of five associated by common properties or behavior.

[From quintuple (modeled on triplet).]

quintuplet [ˈkwɪntjʊplɪt kwɪnˈtjuːplɪt]
n
1. a group or set of five similar things
2. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) one of five offspring born at one birth Often shortened to quin
3. (Music, other) Music a group of five notes to be played in a time value of three, four, or some other value

Quintuplet(s) a collection of five; five children born at the same time to the same woman.
Examples: quintuplet of rays, 1885; the Dionne quintuplets, 1934.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quintuplet - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and onequintuplet - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
2.quintuplet - one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
sib, sibling - a person's brother or sister
3.quintuplet - a set of five similar things considered as a unit
set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
Translations
quintuplet [kwɪnˈtjuːplɪt] Nquintillizo/a m/f

quintuplet [ˈkwɪntjʊplɪt kwɪnˈtjuːplɪt] nquintuplé(e) m/f

quintuplet
nFünfling m

quintuplet [kwɪnˈtjuːplɪt] nuno/a di cinque gemelli

quintuplet
n quintuplet [kwinˈtjuːplit, kwinˈtaplit]
(abbreviationquinkwin) one of five children born at the same time to one mother. een van 'n vyfling خَمْسَة تَوائِم едно от петте деца родени по едно и също време от една майка paterče femling der Fünfling πεντάδυμο quintillizo viisik هر یک از پنج قلو ها viitonen quintuplés אֶחָד מחֲמִישִייָה पंचक jedan od petorki ötös ikrek kembar lima fimmburi (uno dei cinque gemelli nati da uno stesso parto) 5つ子 다섯 쌍둥이의 하나 vienas iš penketuko piecītis (viens no piecīšiem) kembar lima vijfling femling jeden z pięcioraczków quintuplos grup de cinci один из пяти близнецов pätorča peterček jedno dete od petorki femling หนึ่งในฝาแฝด 5 คนจากท้องเดียวกัน beşiz teki, beşizlerden biri 五胞胎中之一 п'ятеро близнят پانچ جڑواں بچوں میں سے ایک đứa trẻ sinh năm


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