QUINTET


Meaning of QUINTET in English

■ noun

1》 a group of five people playing music or singing together.

↘a composition for a ~.

2》 a set of five people or things.

Origin

C18: from Fr. ~te or Ital. ~to , from quinto 'fifth', from L. quintus .

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