nonuplet

English

Etymology

From nonuple +‎ -et, q.v.

Noun

nonuplet (plural nonuplets)

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

   Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, triplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, pentuplet, sextuplet, septuplet, octuplet, decuplet, centuplet, multiplet

2. One of a group of nine, particularly one of nine babies born from the same mother at one time.

Translations

one of nine babies born at the same birth

• Danish: niling c
• Dutch: negenling m
• German: Neunling m
• Japanese: 九つ子 (ja) (kokonotsugo)
• Spanish: nonillizo (es) m, nonilliza f