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Found 1 definition: quintet.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun quintet has 5 senses

1. quintet(n = noun.communication) quintette - a musical composition for five performers;
is a kind of composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music

2. quintet(n = noun.quantity) 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, little phoebe, pentad, phoebe, quint, quintuplet, v - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one;
is a kind of digit, figure

3. quintet(n = noun.group) quintette - five performers or singers who perform together;
is a kind of musical group, musical organisation, musical organization

4. quintet(n = noun.group) quintette, quintuple, quintuplet - a set of five similar things considered as a unit;
is a kind of set

5. quintet(n = noun.group) fivesome, quintette - five people considered as a unit;
is a kind of assemblage, gathering

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

quintet, n. [It. quintetto, dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintette. See Quint.].

A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music. [1913 Webster]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

quintet, 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