quintuplet
One of five
A quintuplet is one of five offspring born from the same pregnancy.
The word usually appears in the plural: The quintuplets were delivered by cesarean section.
By extension, quintuplet can mean any group or set of five, particularly in music where it denotes five notes played in the time of four.
Siblings born simultaneously
- tripletsThree born together
- quadrupletsFour simultaneous births
- sextupletsSix offspring born together
- septupletsSeven offspring born together
multiples · identical · fraternal · birth · neonatal · fertility · conception · gestation
Four plus one
- fivefoldFive times as much
- pentadA group of five
- setArrange in position
- groupAssembled collection of things
collection · series · sequence · factorial · combination · permutation · counting
twins
Siblings born simultaneously
- tripletsThree born together
- quadrupletsFour simultaneous births
- sextupletsSix offspring born together
septuplets · multiples · identical · fraternal · birth · neonatal · fertility · conception · gestation · maternity
five
Four plus one
group · collection · series · sequence · factorial · combination · permutation · counting
triplet
Set of three
- quadrupletOne of four twins
- sextupletOne born with five siblings simultaneously
- septupletOne of seven born together
duplet · subdivision · grouping · bracket · beam · notation · rhythm · beat · measure · time-signature
quintupletsingleton
Only member present
only child · twin · triplet · quadruplet · sextuplet