Definitions of quintet [ɪnˈtɛt]

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Definition of 'quintet'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) quintet
any set or group of five persons or things.

2. quintet
a group of five singers or players.

3. quintet
a musical composition scored for five voices or instruments.

Etymology: (1805–15; < F quintette < It quintetto, dim. of quintofifth< L quīntus)

Definition of 'quintet'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) quintet, quintette
a musical composition for five performers

2. (noun) five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

3. (noun) quintet, quintette
five performers or singers who perform together

4. (noun) quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple
a set of five similar things considered as a unit

5. (noun) quintet, quintette, fivesome
five people considered as a unit

Definition of 'quintet'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) quintet
alt. of Quintette

Translation of 'quintet'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a group of five singers or people playing musical instruments.
Afrikaans: kwintet, vyftal	Arabic: مَجْموعَةٌ خُماسِيَّة مِن	Bulgarian: квинтет
Brazilian: quinteto	Czech: kvinteto	German: das Quintett
Danish: kvintet	Greek: κουιντέτο (μουσικό σχήμα	Spanish: quinteto
Estonian: kvintett	Farsi: گروه موسیقی پنج نفره	Finnish: kvintetti
French: quintette	Hebrew: חֲמִישִייָה	Hindi: पंचम
Croatian: kvintet	Hungarian: ötös	Indonesian: kuintet
Icelandic: kvintett	Italian: quintetto	Japanese: ５重奏
Korean: 5중주	Lithuanian: kvintetas	Latvian: kvintets
Malay: kuintet	Dutch: kwintet	Norwegian: kvintett, gruppe på fem
Polish: kwintet	Persian: گروه موسیقی پنج نفره	Pashto: دپنځو او ازويا پنځو موسيق
Portuguese: quinteto	Romanian: cvintet	Russian: квинтет
Slovak: kvinteto	Slovenian: kvintet	Serbian: kvintet
Swedish: kvintett	Thai: คณะนักร้องหรือนักแสดง 5 ค	Turkish: beşli, kentet
Taiwanese: 五重唱，五重奏	Ukrainian: квінтет	Urdu: پانچ لوگوں پر مشتمل موسیق
Vietnamese: ngũ tấu	Chinese: 五重唱，五重奏
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