quintet C2 Topic:General Vocabulary US /kwɪnˈtɛt/ See IPA manual Freq #54815 Meanings 1 noun a musical composition for five performers 2 noun five people considered as a unit 3 noun a set of five similar things considered as a unit 4 noun five performers or singers who perform together Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · five people considered as a... fivesome 3 noun · a set of five similar... quintuple More pentadpentupletquinityquintadquintupletquintuplex Word family Forms quintets Related forms duononetnumberoctetquartetseptetsextettriotriplet Appears in Phrases (1) See all string quintet a musical ensemble consisting of five string players Noun + noun Etymology From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”). Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # quintet **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kwɪnˈtɛt/ **Frequency rank:** 54815 ## Meanings 1. a musical composition for five performers 2. five people considered as a unit 3. a set of five similar things considered as a unit 4. five performers or singers who perform together ## Synonyms - fivesome - pentad - pentuplet - quinity - quintad - quintuplet - quintuplex ## Related Forms - duo - nonet - number - octet - quartet - septet - sextet - trio - triplet ## Etymology From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”). ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown