quintet (redirected from quintettes)

quin·tet also quin·tette  (kwn-tt)

n.

1. Music

a. A composition for five voices or five instruments.

b. A group of five singers or five instrumentalists.

2. A group of five.

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[Probably from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto, fifth, from Latin quntus; see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

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quintet

Noun

1. a group of five singers or instrumentalists

2. a piece of music for five performers

3. any group of five [Italian quintetto]

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Quintet, Quintette any set of five; things arranged for five people; a set of five people who play or sing five-part music.

Example: quintette of strings, 1880.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	quintet - a musical composition for five performers quintette musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
	2.	quintet - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintuplet, V digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	3.	quintet - five performers or singers who perform together quintette musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
	4.	quintet - a set of five similar things considered as a unit quintuple, quintette, quintuplet set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
	5.	quintet - five people considered as a unit fivesome, quintette assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place

Translations

quintet, quintette [kwɪnˈtɛt] n → quintette m

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quintet [kwɪnˈtɛt] n (Mus) → Quintett nt

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quintet, quintette [kwɪnˈtɛt] n → quintetto