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quintuplet

noun · 6 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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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kwɪnˈtʌplət/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kwɪnˈtjuːplət/
  • Canada, US: /kwɪnˈtʌplət/
  • Canada, US: /kwɪnˈtuplət/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌplət
  • rhymes with -uplət
  • CMU ARPABET: K W IH1 N T AH1 P L AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a set of five similar things considered as a unit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quintet, quintette, quintuple

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set

5

noun

Meaning 5

one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quint, quin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sibling, sib

6

noun

Meaning 6

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: digit, figure

History

Etymology

From quintuple + -et, from Middle French quintuple.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: quintigemin — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Catalan: quintigèmina — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Danish: femling — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Dutch: vijfling — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Finnish: viitonen — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • French: quintuplé — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Galician: quintillizo — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • German: Fünfling — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Japanese: 五つ子 (itsutsugo) — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Māori: māhanga rima — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: femling — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: femling — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Portuguese: quíntuplo — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Portuguese: quíntupla — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Spanish: quintillizo — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Swedish: femling — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Turkish: beşiz — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Welsh: pumled — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • Yoruba: ìbárùn-ún — one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth
  • French: quintolet — (music) group of five notes played in place of four
  • Romanian: cvintolet — (music) group of five notes played in place of four