quintet
noun/kwɪnˈtɛt/
Etymology From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
- The composer wrote a string quintet in his early twenties.
2
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
3
Any group of five members
- A jazz quintet performed at the festival.
- jazz quintet
2 more examples
- string quintet
- woodwind quintet
- Synonyms
- fivesome, pentad, pentuplet, quinity, quintad, quintet, quintuplet, quintuplex
- Derived terms
- string quintet
- Related terms
- duo, trio, triplet, quartet, sextet, septet, octet, nonet, chamber ensemble, chamber orchestra, number
- Hyponyms
- luster, lustrum, pentalogy, quinquenniad, quinquennium, quinquevirate, quintade, quinquennal, quinquennial, quintennium, quintole, string quintet