quintet

English

Alternative forms

• quintette

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French quintette, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɪnˈtɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

quintet (plural quintets)

1. (music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
2. (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
3. Any group of five members

Synonyms

• (group of five): pentad; see also Thesaurus:quintet

Translations

(music) a composition in five parts

• Catalan: quintet m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 五重奏 (zh) (wǔchóngzòu)

• Czech: kvintet (cs) m
• Dutch: kwintet (nl) n
• Finnish: kvintetto (fi)
• French: quintette (fr) m
• Georgian: კვინტეტი (ḳvinṭeṭi)
• German: Quintett (de) n
• Hungarian: ötös (hu), kvintett (hu)
• Italian: quintetto (it) m
• Japanese: クインテット (kuintetto), 五重奏 (gojūsō), 五重唱 (gojūshō)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 퀸텟 (kwintet), 오중주 (ko) (ojungju), 오중창 (ko) (ojungchang)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvintett m

  Nynorsk: kvintett m

• Portuguese: quinteto (pt) m
• Romanian: cvintet (ro) n
• Russian: квинте́т (ru) m (kvintét)
• Spanish: quinteto (es) m
• Swedish: kvintett (sv) c
• Tagalog: limahan

(music) a group of five musicians

• Catalan: quintet m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 五重奏 (zh) (wǔchóngzòu)

• Czech: kvinteto (cs) n
• Dutch: kwintet (nl) n
• Finnish: kvintetti (fi)
• French: quintette (fr) m
• Georgian: კვინტეტი (ḳvinṭeṭi)
• German: Quintett (de) n
• Hungarian: ötös (hu), kvintett (hu)
• Italian: quintetto (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvintett m

  Nynorsk: kvintett m

• Polish: kwintet m
• Portuguese: quinteto (pt) m
• Romanian: cvintet (ro) n
• Russian: квинте́т (ru) m (kvintét)
• Spanish: quinteto (es) m
• Swedish: kvintett (sv) c

any group of five

• Dutch: vijftal (nl) n
• Finnish: viisikko (fi)
• Georgian: კვინტეტი (ḳvinṭeṭi)
• German: Quintett (de) n
• Hungarian: ötös (hu)
• Italian: quintetto (it) m
• Maori: tokorima
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvintett m

  Nynorsk: kvintett m

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: quinteto (pt) m
• Romanian: cvintet (ro)
• Russian: квинте́т (ru) m (kvintét), пятёрка (ru) f (pjatjórka), (collective) пя́теро (ru) pl (pjátero)
• Spanish: quinteto (es) m

See also

• duo
• trio
• quartet
• sextet
• septet
• octet
• nonet
• chamber ensemble
• chamber orchestra