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

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quintet

n quintet [kwinˈtet]

1 a group of five singers or people playing musical instruments. kwintet, vyftal مَجْموعَةٌ خُماسِيَّة مِن المُغَنّين квинтет kvinteto kvintet das Quintett κουιντέτο (μουσικό σχήμα με πέντε μουσικούς) quinteto kvintett گروه موسیقی پنج نفره kvintetti quintette חֲמִישִייָה पंचम kvintet ötös kuintet kvintett quintetto ５重奏 5중창단, 5중주단 kvintetas kvintets kuintet kwintet kvintett, gruppe på fem kwintet quinteto cvin­tet квинтет kvinteto kvintet kvintet kvintett คณะนักร้องหรือนักแสดง 5 คน beşli, kentet 五重唱(奏) квінтет پانچ لوگوں پر مشتمل موسیقی کا گروہ ngũ tấu 五重唱（奏）

2 a piece of music written for such a group. kwintet مَقْطوعَةٌ يُغَنّيها أو يَعْزِفُها خَمْسَةُ квинтет kvintet kvintet das Quintett κουιντέτο (μουσικό κομμάτι για πέντε φωνές ή πέντε όργανα) quinteto kvintett آهنگ پنج سازی kvintetto quintette חֲמִישִייָה पंचम kvintet kvintett kuintet kvintett quintetto ５重奏曲 5중주곡 kvintetas kvintets kuintet kwintet kvintett kwintet quinteto cvintet квинтет kvinteto kvintet kvintet kvintett ดนตรีที่ใช้เครื่องดนตรีเล่น 5 ชิ้น beş çalgılı müzik parçası 五重唱(奏)曲 квінтет پانچ لوگوں کی جماعت کے لۓ تیار شدہ دھن bản ngũ tấu 五重唱（奏）曲