根据我查阅的英文资料, 五元组的英文表述应该是5-tuple, 而不是5 tuples或者five tuples. five-tuple也可以, 但是这样用的相对较少. 我查阅的依据是RFC 6146, 其中提到五元组的时候的用法是:
5-Tuple: The tuple (source IP address, source port, destination IP address, destination port, transport protocol). A 5-tuple uniquely identifies a UDP/TCP session. When a UDP/TCP session flows through a NAT64, each session has two different 5-tuples: one with IPv4 addresses and one with IPv6 addresses.
另外, 我在google ngrams上查到的关于5-tuple, five-tuple, 5 tuples, five-tuples上的使用频率的结果如下:
可见, 5-tuple是一个比较常用的用法.