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Noun: quintette  kwin'tet
  1. Five performers or singers who perform together
    - quintet
     
  2. A set of five similar things considered as a unit
    - quintet, quintuplet, quintuple
     
  3. Five people considered as a unit
    - quintet, fivesome
     
  4. A musical composition for five performers
    - quintet

Derived forms: quintettes

Type of: assemblage, composition, gathering, musical composition, musical group, musical organisation [Brit], musical organization, opus, piece, piece of music, set

Encyclopedia: Quintette