quintet
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English
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Etymology
From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).
Pronunciation
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| Cardinal: five Ordinal: fifth Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary Reverse order ordinal: fifth to last, fifth from last, last but four Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate Adverbial: five times Multiplier: fivefold Latinate multiplier: quintuple Distributive: quintuply Group collective: fivesome Multipart collective: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek or Latinate collective: pentad Greek collective prefix: penta- Latinate collective prefix: quinque- Fractional: fifth Latinate fractional prefix: quintant- Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek prefix: pempto- Number of musicians: quintet Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum | ||
Noun
quintet (plural quintets)
- (music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
- (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
- Any group of five members
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Translations
(music) a composition in five parts
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(music) a group of five musicians
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any group of five
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