Definition

1. Noun:

   • Triplets: The primary meaning refers to three children or offspring born from the same pregnancy to the same mother at one time.

2. Adjective (Attributive):

   • Triplet: Used to describe something related to or being a set of three born together, e.g., "trẻ sinh ba" (triplet children).
   • Trigeminal: In anatomical terminology, "dây thần kinh sinh ba" translates to "trigeminal nerve," the fifth cranial nerve which has three major branches.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Gia đình họ có một cặp sinh đôi và một bộ sinh ba. (Their family has a set of twins and a set of triplets.)
  • Bà ấy đã sinh ba. (She gave birth to triplets.)

• Adjective:

  • Họ là ba chị em sinh ba. (They are triplet sisters.)
  • Bệnh nhân bị đau dây thần kinh sinh ba. (The patient has trigeminal neuralgia.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is used in formal and medical contexts to specify the number three in a multiple birth. It follows the pattern "sinh + [number]" where the number indicates the count of babies (e.g., sinh đôi/twins, sinh tư/quadruplets).

Variants and Related Words

• Sinh đôi (n): twins.
• Sinh tư (n): quadruplets.
• Đa thai (n): multiple birth.

Synonyms

• Triplets (the most direct and common equivalent).
• A set of three (descriptive synonym).

Related Idioms

• Sinh ư nghệ, tử ư nghệ: A classical idiom meaning "live by the sword, die by the sword" or more generally, one's profession or craft is the cause of both their livelihood and their demise. (Note: This idiom uses "sinh" in its classical meaning of "to live" or "to be born," not in the "to give birth" sense of "sinh ba").

1. Trẻ sinh ba
2. Triplets
   • Bà ấy đã sinh ba
     She gave birth to triplets