quintet
pronunciation
How to pronounce quintet in British English:
UK [kwɪnˈtet]
How to pronounce quintet in American English:
US [kwɪnˈtɛt]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- quintet (n.)
- 1811, "composition for five voices," from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto "fifth," from Latin quintus "the fifth," related to quinque "five" (see quinque-). Meaning "set of five singers or players" is from 1882.
Example
- 1. He was a drummer in the miles davis quintet .
- 2. From france comes quintet 3 , the original color-changing production foulard .
- 3. Another image shows stephan 's quintet , a set of five galaxies that was newly observed with the wfc3 .
- 4. However , on the eve of arsenal 's premier league return against swansea at emirates stadium , the frenchman argued that the new quintet may have allayed certain concerns - inside and outside of the club .
- 5. Earlier this week another of the quintet , russia , sent a submarine to the ocean floor at the north pole , planting a flag on part of the sea bed that it claims is an extension of the siberian continental shelf .