Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

septuplet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sep-tu-plet
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of seven, particularly (music) a tuplet of seven notes.

noun

One of a group of seven, particularly one of seven babies born at the same birth.

Example Sentences

"Lady (Alyson Levy): Where are my babies? Where are my babies? Xavier (Vernon Chatman): Keep it down, lady, we got families around here. Lady: Aaaah, have you seen my babies? Xavier: I'm poppin' a peek at a smokin' babe right now. Lady: I lost seven of my babies! Xavier: Tragic, I've got septuplets myself. I don't know what I'd do if I lost them. Good thing I'm a responsible parent. You should try it sometime."

Etymology

From septuple + -et.

Inflected Forms

septuplets (plural)

Synonyms

septet septimole

Questions

What does septuplet mean?: A group of seven, particularly (music) a tuplet of seven notes.
Where does septuplet come from?: From septuple + -et.

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