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Quintet   /kwɪntˈɛt/   Listen
noun
Quintette, Quintet  n.  (Mus.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Quintet" Quotes from Famous Books



... same time, Lonnie, whistling cheerfully, drew his legs out of the suit, shook it straight and hung it back on the wall. He was sure now. As sure as he was that the little biochemist and his wife and quintet of daughters would not want for neo-hyperacth or anything else any longer. He giggled a little, thinking of Jason crouched on the bench, glaring vacantly, utterly unconscious of Lonnie passing across the grass so ...
— Zero Data • Charles Saphro

... the boats, we lined up on the shore and had a song. It was a quintet, consisting of a Frenchman, an Englishman, an Irishman, a Cornishman, and a German. A very strong quintet it was; that is to say, strong on volume. As to quality—we weren't thrusting ourselves upon an audience. The river and the sky didn't ...
— The River and I • John G. Neihardt



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