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quintett

quintett is the archaic form 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

Forms of quintett

pluralquintetts

Questions about quintett

What is quintett the archaic form of?
Quintett is the archaic form of quintet.

Words near quintett in the dictionary

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