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quintet
(kwin tet′)
or quintette
noun
- any group or set of five persons or things
- Music
- a composition for five voices or five instruments, as for string quartet and piano
- a group of five performers of such a composition, or any group of five musicians playing together
Origin: < Fr or It: Fr quintette < It quintetto, dim. of quinto, a fifth < L quintus < base of quinque, five
See quintet in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also quin·tette
noun- Music a. A composition for five voices or five instruments.b. A group of five singers or five instrumentalists.
- A group of five.
Origin:
Origin: Probably from Italian quintetto
Origin: , diminutive of quinto, fifth
Origin: , from Latin quīntus; see penkwe in Indo-European roots
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