quintet
Plural: quintets
Noun
- A group of five musicians or singers, or a composition for them.
- a musical composition for five performers
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- five performers or singers who perform together
- a set of five similar things considered as a unit
- five people considered as a unit
- A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
- A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
- Any group of five members
Examples
- Forming a QUINTET of letters for a bingo was his goal every turn in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).
Synonyms
5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintette, quintuple, quintuplet, V, pentuplet, quinity, quintad, quintet, quintuplex
Scrabble Score: 16
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quintet: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary