Meanings
plural sextuplets
- A group of six objects.
- A group of six notes played in the time of four.
- proscribedentertainmentA group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes.
- proscribedentertainmentA group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet.
- proscribedentertainmentA group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note.
Synonyms & antonyms
six notes played in the time of four
nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Danish seksling
- sekslingone of six born together
Dutch zesling
- zeslingone of six born together
Finnish kuutonen
- kuutonenone of six born together
French sextuplé
- sextupléone of six born together
German Sechsling
- Sechslingone of six born together
Japanese 六つ子
- 六つ子 (mutsugo)one of six born together
Māori māhanga ono
- māhanga onoone of six born together
Norwegian Bokmål seksling
- sekslingone of six born together
Turkish altız
- altızone of six born together
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sextuplet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextuplet
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