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English
Etymology
From octuple + -et.
Noun
octuplet (plural octuplets)
- A group of eight things, particularly
- Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, triplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, pentuplet, sextuplet, septuplet, nonuplet, decuplet, centuplet, multiplet
- An eight-part multiplet.
- A group of eight children born together.
- (music) A group of eight notes played in the time of six.
Synonyms
- (any of group of 8): See octet
Translations
one of eight babies born at the same birth
Romanian
Etymology
From octuplu + -et.
Noun
octuplet m (plural octupleți)
- octuplet
Declension