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quintet definition

quin·tet or quintette quin·tette′ (kwin tet′)

noun

  1. any group or set of five persons or things
  2. Music
    1. a composition for five voices or five instruments, as for string quartet and piano
    2. a group of five performers of such a composition, or any group of five musicians playing together

Etymology: < Fr or It: Fr quintette < It quintetto, dim. of quinto, a fifth < L quintus < base of quinque, five

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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