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quin·tet

also quin·tette (kwĭn-tĕt′)

1. Music

a. A composition for five voices or five instruments.

b. A group of five singers or five instrumentalists.

2. A group of five.

[Probably from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto, fifth, from Latin quīntus; see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

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quintet

(kwɪnˈtɛt) or

quintette

1. (Music, other) a group of five singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group

2. any group of five

[C19: from Italian quintetto, from quinto fifth]

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quin•tet

or quin•tette

(kwɪnˈtɛt)

n.

1. any set or group of five persons or things.

2. a group of five singers or players.

3. a musical composition scored for five voices or instruments.

[1805–15; < French quintette < Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto fifth< Latin quīntus]

Quintet, Quintette

any set of five; things arranged for five people; a set of five people who play or sing five-part music.

Example: quintette of strings, 1880.

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Noun	1.	quintet - a musical composition for five performers quintette musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
	2.	quintet - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintuplet, V digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	3.	quintet - five performers or singers who perform together quintette musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
	4.	quintet - a set of five similar things considered as a unit quintuple, quintette, quintuplet set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
	5.	quintet - five people considered as a unit fivesome, quintette assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place

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quintette [kwɪnˈtet] N (gen) → quinteto m

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quintet

(kwinˈtet) noun

1. a group of five singers or people playing musical instruments. quinteto

2. a piece of music written for such a group. quinteto

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In the cuddy we were only five, but a more uneven quintette I defy you to convene.

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[beaucoup moins que]Tres grande variete donc dans le choix des formations, du philarmonique aux solistes, en passant par les trios, quatuors ou quintettes qui nous feront ecouter Brahms, Schumann, Haydn, Beethoven, Liszt ou Prokofiev le temps d'un week-end reve, pendant lequel la musique va se reapproprier les rivages et les rempart de la Cite des Alizes et ouvrir toutes grandes nos portes, a son universalite et a ses promesses les plus exaltantes.[beaucoup plus grand que] a-t-il ajoute.

Le vent de musique classique soufflera sur [beaucoup moins que]la bien dessinee[beaucoup plus grand que]

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