quintuplet

American  

[kwin-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, kwin-too-plit, -tyoo-] / kwɪnˈtʌp lɪt, -ˈtu plɪt, -ˈtyu-, ˈkwɪn tʊ plɪt, -tyʊ- /

noun

1. any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.

2. quintuplets, five children or offspring born of one pregnancy.

3. one of five such children or offspring.

4. Music. a group of five notes of equal value performed in the time normally taken for four.

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quintuplet British  

/ kwɪnˈtjuːplɪt, ˈkwɪntjʊplɪt /

noun

1. a group or set of five similar things

2. Often shortened to: quin.  one of five offspring born at one birth

3. music a group of five notes to be played in a time value of three, four, or some other value

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Etymology

Origin of quintuplet

First recorded in 1870–75; quintuple + -et

Example Sentences

The five identical sisters, born in Ontario at the height of the Great Depression in 1934, were the first known quintuplets to survive past infancy.

From BBC

Former child star quintuplets reunite when their stage mom dies.

From Los Angeles Times

Their parents, Silvia and Paul, came from Italy to the United States in 1988, have described having quintuplets as “crazy, beautiful, perfect and chaotic.”

From Seattle Times

And Lim’s soft playing is particularly sensitive, as in the pleading quality he brings to a tiny pianissimo quintuplet in Op.

From New York Times

In 2014, for example, a Quebec woman convinced her town she was expecting quintuplets.

From National Geographic