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quintet

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kwɪnˈtɛt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛt
  • CMU ARPABET: K W IH0 N T EH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • The composer wrote a string quintet in his early twenties.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any group of five members

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A jazz quintet performed at the festival.
  • jazz quintet
  • string quintet
  • woodwind quintet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a musical composition for five performers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quintette

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music

5

noun

Meaning 5

five people considered as a unit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quintette, fivesome

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gathering, assemblage

6

noun

Meaning 6

a set of five similar things considered as a unit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quintette, quintuplet, quintuple

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set

7

noun

Meaning 7

five performers or singers who perform together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quintette

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musical organization, musical organisation, musical group

8

noun

Meaning 8

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: digit, figure

History

Etymology

From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).

Across languages

Translations

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: квинтет (kvintet) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Catalan: quintet — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五重奏 (wǔchóngzòu) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Czech: kvintet — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Dutch: kwintet — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Finnish: kvintetto — (music) a composition in five parts
  • French: quintette — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Georgian: კვინტეტი (ḳvinṭeṭi) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • German: Quintett — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Greek: κουιντέτο (kouintéto) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Hungarian: ötös — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Hungarian: kvintett — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Icelandic: kvintett — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Irish: cúigréad — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Italian: quintetto — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Japanese: クインテット (kuintetto) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Japanese: 五重奏 (gojūsō) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Japanese: 五重唱 (gojūshō) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Korean: 퀸텟 (kwintet) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Korean: 오중주 (ojungju) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Korean: 오중창 (ojungchang) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvintett — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvintett — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Polish: kwintet — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Portuguese: quinteto — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Romanian: cvintet — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Russian: квинте́т (kvintét) — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Spanish: quinteto — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Swedish: kvintett — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Tagalog: limahan — (music) a composition in five parts
  • Bulgarian: квинтет (kvintet) — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Catalan: quintet — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五重奏 (wǔchóngzòu) — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Czech: kvinteto — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Dutch: kwintet — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Finnish: kvintetti — (music) a group of five musicians
  • French: quintette — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Georgian: კვინტეტი (ḳvinṭeṭi) — (music) a group of five musicians
  • German: Quintett — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Hungarian: ötös — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Hungarian: kvintett — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Icelandic: kvintett — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Irish: cúigréad — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Italian: quintetto — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvintett — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvintett — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Polish: kwintet — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Portuguese: quinteto — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Romanian: cvintet — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Russian: квинте́т (kvintét) — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Spanish: quinteto — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Swedish: kvintett — (music) a group of five musicians
  • Afrikaans: kwintet — any group of five
  • Albanian: kuinteti — any group of five
  • Armenian: կվինտետ (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Azerbaijani: kvintet — any group of five
  • Basque: boskotea — any group of five
  • Belarusian: квінтэт (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Bulgarian: квинтет (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Bulgarian: петорка (petorka) — any group of five
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五重奏 (wǔchóngzòu) — any group of five
  • Corsican: quintettu — any group of five
  • Czech: kvintet — any group of five
  • Danish: kvintet — any group of five
  • Dhivehi: ކްއިންޓެޓް (k̊in̊ṭeṭ) — any group of five
  • Dogri: क्विंटेंट (kviṇṭẽṭ) — any group of five
  • Dutch: vijftal — any group of five
  • Esperanto: kvinopo — any group of five
  • Estonian: kvintett — any group of five
  • Finnish: viisikko — any group of five
  • French: quintette — any group of five
  • West-Frisian: kwintet — any group of five
  • Galician: quinteto — any group of five
  • Georgian: კვინტეტი (ḳvinṭeṭi) — any group of five
  • German: Quintett — any group of five
  • Greek: κουιντέτο (kouintéto) — any group of five
  • Hindi: पंचक (pañcak) — any group of five
  • Hungarian: ötös — any group of five
  • Hungarian: kvintett — any group of five
  • Icelandic: kvintett — any group of five
  • Indonesian: kwintet — any group of five
  • Italian: quintetto — any group of five
  • Japanese: クインテット (kuintetto) — any group of five
  • Kannada: ಕ್ವಿಂಟೆಟ್ (kviṇṭeṭ) — any group of five
  • Kazakh: квинтет (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Khmer: ឃ្វីនតេត (khviinteet) — any group of five
  • Konkani: क्विंटेट (kviṇṭeṭ) — any group of five
  • Korean: 오중주 (ojungju) — any group of five
  • Korean: 오창 (ochang) — any group of five
  • Korean: 퀸텟 (kwintet) — any group of five
  • Kyrgyz: квинтет (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Latvian: kvintets — any group of five
  • Lithuanian: kvintetas — any group of five
  • Luxembourgish: quintett — any group of five
  • Macedonian: квинтет (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Maithili: क्विंटेट (kviṇṭēṭ) — any group of five
  • Malay: kuintet — any group of five
  • Malayalam: ക്വിന്ററ്റ് (kvinṟaṟṟŭ) — any group of five
  • Māori: tokorima — any group of five
  • Marathi: पंचक (pañcak) — any group of five
  • Mongolian: квинтет (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Nepali: पंचक (pañcak) — any group of five
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvintett — any group of five
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvintett — any group of five
  • Odia: କ୍ୱିଣ୍ଟେଟ୍ (kwiṇṭeṭ) — any group of five
  • Polish: kwintet — any group of five
  • Portuguese: quinteto — any group of five
  • Romanian: cvintet — any group of five
  • Russian: квинте́т (kvintét) — any group of five
  • Russian: пятёрка (pjatjórka) — any group of five
  • Russian: пя́теро (pjátero) — any group of five
  • Rwanda-Rundi: kwintet — any group of five
  • Northern Sami: viđas — any group of five
  • Sanskrit: क्विन्टेट् (kvinṭeṭ) — any group of five
  • Serbo-Croatian: квинтет — any group of five
  • Serbo-Croatian: kvintet — any group of five
  • Slovak: kvinteto — any group of five
  • Slovene: kvinteta — any group of five
  • Spanish: quinteto — any group of five
  • Sundanese: kwintet — any group of five
  • Sundanese: quintét — any group of five
  • Swedish: kvintett — any group of five
  • Tajik: квинтет (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Tatar: квинтет (kwintet) — any group of five
  • Telugu: క్విన్టెట్ (kvinṭeṭ) — any group of five
  • Thai: ควินเต็ต (khwin tĕt) — any group of five
  • Tigrinya: ኲንተት (kwintät) — any group of five
  • Turkish: beşlik — any group of five
  • Turkmen: kwintet — any group of five
  • Ukrainian: квінтет (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Uyghur: كۇيىنت (kuyint) — any group of five
  • Uzbek: kvintet — any group of five
  • Vietnamese: ngũ tấu — any group of five
  • Welsh: pumawd — any group of five
  • Yiddish: קווינטעט (kvintet) — any group of five
  • Zulu: i-quintet — any group of five
Real reading context

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