Quintet
/kwɪnˈtɛt/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
- 2 a musical composition for five performers wordnet
- 3 A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
- 4 five people considered as a unit wordnet
- 5 Any group of five members
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- 6 a set of five similar things considered as a unit wordnet
- 7 five performers or singers who perform together wordnet
- 8 the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one wordnet
Example
More examples"There was a brass quintet playing in the lobby of the hotel."
Etymology
From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).