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quintets

quintets is the plural of quintet.

Meaning of quintet

Noun

quintet (plural quintets)

  1. A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
    • The composer wrote a string quintet in his early twenties.
  2. A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
  3. Any group of five members
    • jazz quintet

Phrases with quintets

Questions about quintets

What is quintets the plural of?
Quintets is the plural of quintet.

Words near quintets in the dictionary

  1. quintessentializing
  2. quintessentially
  3. quintessentialness
  4. quintessentials
  5. quintet
  6. quintets
  7. quintett
  8. quintette
  9. quintettes
  10. quintetto
  11. quintettos

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