quintuplet
英 [kwɪnˈtʃuː.plət]
美 [kwɪnˈtʌp.lət]
quintuplet 五胞胎quint-,五,-plet,倍数,词源同triplet,quadruplet.引申词义五胞胎。
- quintuplet (n.)
- 1873, "set of five things" (originally in music), from quintuple (adj.) with ending from triplet. In plural, "five children at one birth" it is recorded from 1889.