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| English Dictionary: Quintet |
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| 2 results for Quintet |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- quintet
- n
- a musical composition for five performers [syn: quintet,
quintette]
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Synonym(s): five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
- five performers or singers who perform together
Synonym(s): 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
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| 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.
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