femdobbel-dobbel

Norwegian Bokmål

Tamika Catchings is one of three women who recorded a quintuple-double in high school.

Etymology

Calque of English quintuple double, an international basketball term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmdɔbːəl.dɔbːəl/

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• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: fem‧dob‧bel‧dob‧bel

Noun

femdobbel-dobbel m (definite singular femdobbel-dobbelen, indefinite plural femdobbel-dobbeler, definite plural femdobbel-dobbelene)

1. (basketball) quintuple double (the achievement of a two-digit number of all five of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals in a single game)

   Det har aldri vært en femdobbel-dobbel i NBA spill.

   There has never been a quintuple double in NBA play.

See also

• dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”), DD (“DD”)
• trippel-dobbel (“tripple double”), TD (“TD”)
• firdobbel-dobbel (“quadruple double”)
• fem-av-fem (“five by five”)