quintet
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwɪnˈtɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
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| Cardinal: five Ordinal: fifth Abbreviated ordinal: 5th Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate Adverbial: five times Multiplier: fivefold Latinate multiplier: quintuple Distributive: quintuply Germanic collective: fivesome Collective of n parts: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek or Latinate collective: pentad Greek collective prefix: penta- Latinate collective prefix: quinque- Fractional: fifth Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet Number of musicians: quintet Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum | ||
Noun
quintet (plural quintets)
- (music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
- (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
- Any group of five members
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Translations
(music) a composition in five parts
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(music) a group of five musicians
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any group of five
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