quintet
A composition in five partsA composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
» Tom is in a brass quintet.
Meaning
3 sensesA 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.
Quintett
квинте́тkvintét
A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
Quintett
квинте́тkvintét
five performers or singers who perform together
Any group of five members
jazz quintet
string quintet
Quintett
квинте́тkvintét, пятёркаpjatjórka, пя́тероpjátero
квінтетkvintet
a musical composition for five performers
Examples
4 sentencesTom is in a brass quintet.
There was a brass quintet playing in the lobby of the hotel.
They're a brass quintet.
Tom, Mary, John, Alice and I often perform as a brass quintet.
Translations
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Origin
From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself fromFrom French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).
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Forms
plural: quintetsSynonyms
18 synonyms- a musical composition for five performers:quintette
- five people considered as a unit:quintettefivesome
- a set of five similar things considered as a unit:quintettequintupletquintuple
- five performers or singers who perform together:quintette
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one:five5Vcinquequintfivesomequintupletpentad