noun
also quin·tette (ˈ)kwin.|tet, usu -ed.+V
( -s )
Etymology: quintet from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto fifth, from quinto, adjective, fifth, from Latin quintus; quintette from French, from Italian quintetto
1. : a musical composition or movement for five singers or five instrumentalists with or without accompaniment
2.
a. : a group of five persons who sing or play five-part music
b. : any group or set of five
a quintet of names seldom found in isolation — Irish Statesman
took a rough bearing and led the surviving quintet across the hard flat ground — Fred Majdalany
as the quintet came up the sidewalk — Peggy Bennett
c. : a male basketball team
3. : a game similar to tenpins except that only five pins arranged triangularly are used