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10 Language-to-English DictionariesNonuplet
/ˈnɒn.jʊP.lət/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
One of nine children born at a single birth.
"The medical center celebrated the rare and successful delivery of healthy nonuplets." - 2
A group or combination of nine similar or corresponding things, especially a musical group of nine notes played in the time normally allotted to a different number.
"The complex rhythm in the contemporary orchestral piece featured a challenging nonuplet passage."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'nonus' (ninth), patterned after earlier terms like quintuplet and septuplet with the diminutive or collective suffix '-plet'. It entered scientific and medical English in the late 19th and 20th centuries to classify groups or musical tuplets of nine.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Nonuplet" is said worldwide
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nonuplé
Transliteration: nonuple
"La naissance de nonuplés est un événement extrêmement rare."
Nonuplet
Transliteration: Nonuplet
"Die Geburt von Nonuplets erregte weltweites mediales Interesse."
nonuplo
Transliteration: nonuplo
"Il parto di nove gemelli è chiamato nonuplo."
nonupé
Transliteration: nonupé
"El nacimiento de nonupés es un fenómeno médico extraordinario."
nonuplo
Transliteration: nonuplo
Script: nónuplo
"O nascimento de não gémeos nonuplos é extremamente raro."
नौ बच्चों का समूह
Transliteration: nau bachon ka samuh
"एक ही गर्भ سے नौ बच्चों का जन्म होना एक दुर्लभ घटना है।"
九胞胎
Transliteration: jiǔ bāo tāi
"产妇顺利生下了罕见的九胞胎。"
9이란둥이
Transliteration: gu-iran-dung-i
Script: 구이란둥이
"세계에서 드물게 9이란둥이가 태어났습니다."
九つ子
Transliteration: kokonotsugo
"九つ子の誕生は医学的に非常に珍しいことです。"
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