Quintet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Music A composition for five voices or five instruments.
  • n. Music A group of five singers or five instrumentalists.
  • n. A group of five.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
  • n. A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
  • n. Any group of five members
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In music: A movement for five solo parts, either vocal or instrumental. Instrumental quintets are essentially similar to quartets.
  • n. A company of five singers or players who perform quintets.
  • n. A bicycle made to carry five.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a musical composition for five performers
  • n. five performers or singers who perform together
  • n. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
  • n. five people considered as a unit
  • n. a set of five similar things considered as a unit
  • Equivalent
    quintette   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    duo    nonet    sextet    trio    septet    chamber orchestra    quartet    chamber ensemble    octet   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Annette    Antoinette    Bernadette    Bizet    Bret    Brett    Burnett    Calumet    Chalmette    Chet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sextet    septet    quartet    sonata    triplet    soloist    sextuple    singlet    master    arpeggios