septuplet

[ sep-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo- ]

noun

1. any group or combination of seven.
2. one of seven offspring born at one birth.
3. septuplets, seven offspring born at one birth.
4. Music. a group of seven notes of equal value performed in the same amount of time normally taken to perform four or six.

septuplet

/ ˈsɛptjʊplɪt; sɛpˈtjuːplɪt /

noun

1. music a group of seven notes played in a time value of six, eight, etc
2. one of seven offspring produced at one birth
3. a group of seven things

Word History and Origins

Origin of septuplet¹

First recorded in 1890–95; septuple + -et

Example Sentences

Martin, 49, is visibly relieved at the farm report, which may well be a good omen for another septuplet delivery he’s shepherding into the world: a seven-disc 50th-anniversary box set revisiting the Beatles’ 1968 double album “The Beatles,” colloquially known as the White Album.

From Los Angeles Times

In this “Jigsaw” can sit beside its septuplet siblings as a solid exercise.

From Washington Times

As his Sunday show septuplet showed, Rubio is able to handle it all.

From Time

All the while, the doctors and nurses will be watching carefully; they're well aware that in the only other live septuplet birth, to a Saudi woman in September, three of the babies died a month later.

From Time Magazine Archive