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Quintet has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a musical composition for five performers

"The orchestra began their afternoon concert by performing Brahms' famous string quintet."

2

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

"The conductor counted to a quintet before launching into the final movement of the symphony."

3

five performers or singers who perform together

"The audience cheered loudly as the jazz quintet finished their final chord in perfect harmony."

4

a set of five similar things considered as a unit

"The new jazz trio expanded into a full quintet when two backup singers joined the lineup for the final concert."

5

five people considered as a unit

"The audience erupted in applause after hearing the renowned vocal quintet perform their final song together."

6

A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)

"The choir performed Mozart's Requiem as a quintet for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
musical composition digit musical organization set gathering
Rhyming Words
tet stet motet ortet octet sextet hextet heptet septet fustet sestet dectet bastet quartet met tet antisextet carbon tet color octet string quartet string quintet
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