quintette : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quintette	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for quintette
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quintette n five performers or singers who perform together [syn: quintet, quintette] a set of five similar things considered as a unit Synonym(s): quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple five people considered as a unit Synonym(s): quintet, quintette, fivesome a musical composition for five performers Synonym(s): quintet, quintette
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintet \Quintet"\, 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.