quadruplet

quadruplet

English

Etymology

quadruple +‎ -et

Noun

quadruplet (plural quadruplets)

1. One of a group of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
2. (music) A tuplet of four notes.
3. A sequence of four elements.
4. A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.

Derived terms

• prime quadruplet

Translations

infant born as one of four

Finnish: nelonen (fi) French: quadruplé (fr) German: Vierling (de) m Japanese: 四つ子 (ja) (yotsugo) Maori: māhanga whā Norwegian: Bokmål: firling m Nynorsk: firling m

Polish: czworaczek (pl) m Swedish: fyrling c Turkish: dördüz (tr) Welsh: pedrybled m

sequence of four elements

Finnish: nelikko (fi) French: quadruplet (fr)

Japanese: 四つ組 (よつぐみ, yotsu-gumi)

See also

Coefficient	Noun	Result
1	single	singlet
2	double	doublet twin
3	triple	triplet
4	quadruple	quadruplet
5	quintuple pentuple	quintuplet pentuplet
6	sextuple hextuple	sextuplet hextuplet
7	septuple heptuple	septuplet heptuplet
8	octuple	octuplet
9	nonuple	nonuplet
10	decuple	decuplet
11	undecuple hendecuple	undecuplet hendecuplet
12	duodecuple	duodecuplet
13	tredecuple	tredecuplet
100	centuple	centuplet
many	multiple	multiplet

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French

Noun

quadruplet m (plural quadruplets)

1. quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)

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Latin

Verb

quadruplet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of quadruplō