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

Translations

Quintett

quintet

Fünfbiteinheit

vijftal

الخماسي

beşli

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kwɪnˈtɛt/
Etymology

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

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