Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quintet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quintet \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quintet
n 1: a musical composition for five performers [syn: {quintette}]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: {five},
{5}, {V}, {cinque}, {quint}, {fivesome}, {quintuplet}, {pentad},
{fin}, {Phoebe}, {Little Phoebe}]
3: five performers or singers who perform together [syn: {quintette}]
4: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn: {quintette}]
5: five people considered as a unit [syn: {quintette}, {fivesome}]
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