quintillizo

Spanish

Etymology

Blend of quinto +‎ mellizo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kintiˈʝiθo/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʝi.θo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /kintiˈʎiθo/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʎi.θo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /kintiˈʝiso/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʝi.so] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kintiˈʎiso/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʎi.so] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /kintiˈʃiso/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʃi.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kintiˈʒiso/ [kĩn̪.t̪iˈʒi.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iθo (Spain)
Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: quin‧ti‧lli‧zo

Noun

quintillizo m (plural quintillizos, feminine quintilliza, feminine plural quintillizas)

quintuplet

Further reading

“quintillizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024