About The Word Quintet
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Quintet
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What's The Definition Of Quintet?
[n] a musical composition for five performers
[n] five people considered as a unit [n] a set of five similar things considered as a unit [n] five performers or singers who perform together [n] the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one Synonyms | Synonyms for Quintet: 5 | cinque | fin | five | fivesome | fivesome | Little Phoebe | pentad | Phoebe | quint | quintette | quintette | quintuplet | V Related Terms | Find terms related to Quintet: See Also | assemblage | composition | digit | figure | gathering | musical composition | musical group | musical organisation | musical organization | opus | piece | piece of music | set Quintet In Webster's Dictionary \Quin*tet"\, Quintette \Quin*tette"\, n. [It. quintetto,
dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the
fifth: cf. F. quintette. See {Quint}.] (Mus.)
A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set
of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
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