quintet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a musical composition for five performers

2. 2
   noun

   five people considered as a unit

3. 3
   noun

   a set of five similar things considered as a unit

4. 4
   noun

   five performers or singers who perform together

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

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