quintet

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/kwɪnˈtɛt/

noun

A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)

“jazz quintet”

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounquintet (plural quintets)

plural quintets · alternative quintette

  1. entertainmentA composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)

    The composer wrote a string quintet in his early twenties.

  2. entertainmentA group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
  3. Any group of five members

    jazz quintet

    3 more examples

    string quintet

    woodwind quintet

    A jazz quintet performed at the festival.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna musical composition for five performers

Similar

nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

nounfive performers or singers who perform together

Similar
Broader
musical organizationmusical organisationmusical group

nouna set of five similar things considered as a unit

Broader

nounfive people considered as a unit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinquintus
  2. Italianquintetto
  3. Frenchquintette
  4. Englishquintet

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

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Translations

Afrikaans kwintet
  • kwintetany group of five
Basque boskotea
  • boskoteaany group of five
Bulgarian квинтет, квинтет
  • квинтет (kvintet)(music) a composition in five parts
  • квинтет (kvintet)(music) a group of five musicians
  • квинтет (kvintet)any group of five
  • петорка (petorka)any group of five
Catalan quintet, quintet
  • quintet(music) a composition in five parts
  • quintet(music) a group of five musicians
Chinese Mandarin 五重奏, 五重奏
  • 五重奏 (wǔchóngzòu)(music) a composition in five parts
  • 五重奏 (wǔchóngzòu)(music) a group of five musicians
  • 五重奏 (wǔchóngzòu)any group of five
Czech kvintet, kvinteto
  • kvintet(music) a composition in five parts
  • kvinteto(music) a group of five musicians
  • kvintetany group of five
Danish kvintet
  • kvintetany group of five
Dutch kwintet, kwintet
  • kwintet(music) a composition in five parts
  • kwintet(music) a group of five musicians
  • vijftalany group of five
Esperanto kvinopo
  • kvinopoany group of five
Estonian kvintett
  • kvintettany group of five
Finnish kvintetto, kvintetti
  • kvintetto(music) a composition in five parts
  • kvintetti(music) a group of five musicians
  • viisikkoany group of five
French quintette, quintette
  • quintette(music) a composition in five parts
  • quintette(music) a group of five musicians
  • quintetteany group of five
German Quintett, Quintett
  • Quintett(music) a composition in five parts
  • Quintett(music) a group of five musicians
  • Quintettany group of five
Greek κουιντέτο, κουιντέτο
  • κουιντέτο (kouintéto)(music) a composition in five parts
  • κουιντέτο (kouintéto)any group of five
Hindi पंचक
  • पंचक (pañcak)any group of five
Hungarian ötös, kvintett
  • ötös(music) a composition in five parts
  • kvintett(music) a composition in five parts
  • ötös(music) a group of five musicians
  • kvintett(music) a group of five musicians
  • ötösany group of five
  • kvintettany group of five
Icelandic kvintett, kvintett
  • kvintett(music) a composition in five parts
  • kvintett(music) a group of five musicians
  • kvintettany group of five
Indonesian kwintet
  • kwintetany group of five
Irish cúigréad, cúigréad
  • cúigréad(music) a composition in five parts
  • cúigréad(music) a group of five musicians
Italian quintetto, quintetto
  • quintetto(music) a composition in five parts
  • quintetto(music) a group of five musicians
  • quintettoany group of five
Japanese クインテット, 五重奏
  • クインテット (kuintetto)(music) a composition in five parts
  • 五重奏 (gojūsō)(music) a composition in five parts
  • 五重唱 (gojūshō)(music) a composition in five parts
  • クインテット (kuintetto)any group of five
Korean 퀸텟, 오중주
  • 퀸텟 (kwintet)(music) a composition in five parts
  • 오중주 (ojungju)(music) a composition in five parts
  • 오중창 (ojungchang)(music) a composition in five parts
  • 오중주 (ojungju)any group of five
  • 오창 (ochang)any group of five
  • 퀸텟 (kwintet)any group of five
Latvian kvintets
  • kvintetsany group of five
Lithuanian kvintetas
  • kvintetasany group of five
Malay kuintet
  • kuintetany group of five
Māori tokorima
  • tokorimaany group of five
Norwegian Bokmål kvintett, kvintett
  • kvintett(music) a composition in five parts
  • kvintett(music) a group of five musicians
  • kvintettany group of five
Polish kwintet, kwintet
  • kwintet(music) a composition in five parts
  • kwintet(music) a group of five musicians
  • kwintetany group of five
Portuguese quinteto, quinteto
  • quinteto(music) a composition in five parts
  • quinteto(music) a group of five musicians
  • quintetoany group of five
Romanian cvintet, cvintet
  • cvintet(music) a composition in five parts
  • cvintet(music) a group of five musicians
  • cvintetany group of five
Russian квинте́т, квинте́т
  • квинте́т (kvintét)(music) a composition in five parts
  • квинте́т (kvintét)(music) a group of five musicians
  • квинте́т (kvintét)any group of five
  • пятёрка (pjatjórka)any group of five
  • пя́теро (pjátero)any group of five
Slovak kvinteto
  • kvintetoany group of five
Spanish quinteto, quinteto
  • quinteto(music) a composition in five parts
  • quinteto(music) a group of five musicians
  • quintetoany group of five
Swedish kvintett, kvintett
  • kvintett(music) a composition in five parts
  • kvintett(music) a group of five musicians
  • kvintettany group of five
Tagalog limahan
  • limahan(music) a composition in five parts
Thai ควินเต็ต
  • ควินเต็ต (khwin tĕt)any group of five
Turkish beşlik
  • beşlikany group of five
Ukrainian квінтет
  • квінтет (kvintet)any group of five
Vietnamese ngũ tấu
  • ngũ tấuany group of five
Welsh pumawd
  • pumawdany group of five
Yiddish קווינטעט
  • קווינטעט (kvintet)any group of five
Zulu i-quintet
  • i-quintetany group of five

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

quintet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quintet

MLA

“quintet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quintet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quintet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quintet.

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