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quintet

[kwin-tet]

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noun

any set or group of five persons or things.

an organized group of five singers or players.

a musical composition scored for five voices or instruments.

Also, quin·tette.

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

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quintet or quintette (kwɪnˈtɛt)

—n
1.	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]

quintette or quintette

—n

[C19: from Italian quintetto, from quinto fifth]

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quintet

1811, "composition for five voices," from It. quintetto, dim. of quinto "fifth," from L. quintus, related to quinque "five" (see quinque-). Meaning "set of five singers or players" is from 1882.

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