Meaning

4 senses
  1. A set of four, particularly

    A tuplet of four notes.

  2. A sequence of four elements.

  3. One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

    Vierling

    one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

  4. A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. My sisters and I are quadruplets.

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  2. My brothers and I are quadruplets.

    ruМы с братьями четверняшки.

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  3. The quadruplets are only distinguishable by little jailhouse tattoos behind their ears.

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  4. My daughter has just given birth to quadruplets!

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  5. Tom is a quadruplet.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
infant born as one of four:

Origin

From quadruple + -et.

From quadruple + -et.

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Forms

plural: quadruplets
Singularquadruplet
Pluralquadruplets

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

84 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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