quintet

Meaning

1. A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
2. A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
3. Any group of five members

Synonyms

quintette

quintuplet

fivesome

pentad

five

Phoebe

cinque

fin

quint

quintuple

Little Phoebe

quintain

V

V

Group of Five

5

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwɪnˈtɛt/

Etymology

From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).

Sentences

This movement shows the influence of Franz Schubert's String Quintet .