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''quintet'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260718130800-00-⌔
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Noun
quintet (plural quintets)
- (music) A 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.
- (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
- Any group of five members
- ✤ *jazz quintet *
- ✤ *string quintet *
- ✤ *woodwind quintet *
- ✤ A jazz quintet performed at the festival.
Etymology
From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kwɪnˈtɛt/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
- Rhymes: -ɛt
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