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QUINTETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quintette mean? 

QUINTETTE (noun)
  The noun QUINTETTE has 4 senses:

1. five performers or singers who perform togetherplay

2. a set of five similar things considered as a unitplay

3. five people considered as a unitplay

4. a musical composition for five performersplay

  Familiarity information: QUINTETTE used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUINTETTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Five performers or singers who perform together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

quintet; quintette

Hypernyms ("quintette" is a kind of...):

musical group; musical organisation; musical organization (an organization of musicians who perform together)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A set of five similar things considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

quintet; quintette; quintuple; quintuplet

Hypernyms ("quintette" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Five people considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

fivesome; quintet; quintette

Hypernyms ("quintette" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)


Sense 4

Meaning:

A musical composition for five performers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

quintet; quintette

Hypernyms ("quintette" is a kind of...):

composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)


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