Found 2 items, similar to Quintet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quintet
quintet
n 1: a musical composition for five performers [syn:
quintette]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn:
five,
5,
V,
cinque,
quint,
fivesome,
quintuplet,
pentad,
fin,
Phoebe,
Little Phoebe]
3: five performers or singers who perform together [syn:
quintette]
4: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn:
quintette]
5: five people considered as a unit [syn:
quintette,
fivesome]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quintet
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.
[1913 Webster]