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]