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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a musical composition for five performers [syn: quintet, quintette]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
3: five performers or singers who perform together [syn: quintet, quintette]
4: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn: quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple]
5: five people considered as a unit [syn: quintet, quintette, fivesome]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: quintet from Italian quintetto, from quinto fifth, from Latin quintus; quintette from French, from Italian quintetto Date: 1811 1. a musical composition or movement for five instruments or voices 2. a group or set of five: as a. the performers of a quintet b. a basketball team

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also quintette) 1 Mus. a a composition for five voices or instruments. b the performers of such a piece. 2 any group of five. Etymology: F quintette f. It. quintetto f. quinto fifth f. L quintus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quintet Quin*tet", Quintette Quin*tette", n. [It. quintetto, dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintette. See Quint.] (Mus.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(quintets) 1. A quintet is a group of five singers or musicians singing or playing together. N-COUNT 2. A quintet is a piece of music written for five instruments or five singers. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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