Found 2 items, similar to quintette.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quintette
quintette
n 1: five performers or singers who perform together [syn:
quintet]
2: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn:
quintet]
3: five people considered as a unit [syn:
quintet,
fivesome]
4: a musical composition for five performers [syn:
quintet]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quintette
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]