Definitions for quintupletkwɪnˈtʌp lɪt, -ˈtu plɪt, -ˈtyu-, ˈkwɪn tʊ plɪt, -tyʊ-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quin•tu•pletkwɪnˈtʌp lɪt, -ˈtu plɪt, -ˈtyu-, ˈkwɪn tʊ plɪt, -tyʊ-(n.)
any group or combination of five, esp. of the same kind.
quintuplets, five children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
Category: Medicine
one of five such children or offspring.
a group of five musical notes of equal value performed in the time normally taken for four.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of quintuplet:
1870–75
Princeton's WordNet
five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe(noun)
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
quintuplet, quint, quin(noun)
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple(noun)
a set of five similar things considered as a unit
Wiktionary
quintuplet(Noun)
One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
Origin: From quintuple.
Translations for quintuplet
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
quintuplet(noun)
(abbreviation quin
- een van 'n vyflingAfrikaans
- خَمْسَة تَوائِمArabic
- едно от петте деца родени по едно и също време от една майкаBulgarian
- quíntuplosPortuguese (BR)
- paterčeCzech
- der FünflingGerman
- femlingDanish
- πεντάδυμοGreek
- quintillizoSpanish
- viisikEstonian
- هر یک از پنج قلو هاFarsi
- viitonenFinnish
- quintuplésFrench
- אֶחָד מחֲמִישִייָהHebrew
- पंचकHindi
- jedan od petorkiCroatian
- ötös ikrekHungarian
- kembar limaIndonesian
- fimmburiIcelandic
- (uno dei cinque gemelli nati da uno stesso parto)Italian
- ５つ子Japanese
- 다섯 쌍둥이의 하나Korean
- vienas iš penketukoLithuanian
- piecītis (viens no piecīšiem)Latvian
- kembar limaMalay
- vijflingDutch
- femlingNorwegian
- jeden z pięcioraczkówPolish
- هر یک از پنج قلو هاPersian
- پنځګون ( ديوې نوعې پنځه شيان لكه پنځه ماشومان چې په يوه وخت زيږيدلى ويPashto
- quintuplosPortuguese
- grup de cinciRomanian
- один из пяти близнецовRussian
- pätorčaSlovak
- peterčekSlovenian
- jedno dete od petorkiSerbian
- femlingSwedish
- หนึ่งในฝาแฝด 5 คนจากท้องเดียวกันThai
- beşiz teki, beşizlerden biriTurkish
- 五胞胎中之一Chinese (Trad.)
- п'ятеро близнятUkrainian
- پانچ جڑواں بچوں میں سے ایکUrdu
- đứa trẻ sinh nămVietnamese
- 五胞胎中之一Chinese (Simp.)
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