noun
Meaning 1
A group of six objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sextuplet
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noun
Meaning 2
One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A group of six notes played in the time of four.
A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 4
A group of six notes played in the time of four.
A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 5
A group of six notes played in the time of four.
A group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 6
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, hexad
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
History
Etymology
From sextuple + -et.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: seksling — one of six born together
- Dutch: zesling — one of six born together
- Finnish: kuutonen — one of six born together
- French: sextuplé — one of six born together
- German: Sechsling — one of six born together
- Japanese: 六つ子 (mutsugo) — one of six born together
- Māori: māhanga ono — one of six born together
- Norwegian Bokmål: seksling — one of six born together
- Norwegian Nynorsk: seksling — one of six born together
- Turkish: altız — one of six born together
- Yoruba: ìbẹ́fà — one of six born together