quintette

Examples

• All

• The award was given to a quintette of talented young poets.

• A quintette of paintings by the same artist hung in the gallery.

• The project team formed a quintette to tackle the new assignment.

• The quintette performed beautifully at the concert.

• A quintette of talented young poets gathered to share their works at the event.

• The art exhibition features a quintette of paintings that showcase the artist's evolution.

• During the recital, a quintette of musicians played a beautiful arrangement of classical pieces.

Synonyms

Q

quint

vsquintette

4 7.1

A group of five people or things considered one unit

is the same idea but often appears as a shorter variant

Q

quintet

vsquintette

1 5.1

A group of five similar things treated as one

is an alternative form with the same meaning

F

fivesome

vsquintette

1 6.3

A group of five people who work or play together

is broader, applying to five people or five things alike

Q

quintuple

vsquintette

1 7.4

A group of five similar things that form one unit

is the same concept but expressed with a different lexical form

Q

quintuplet

vsquintette

1 6.2

A group of five similar things thought of as one unit

is a matching form used interchangeably in this sense

Surface Forms

Etymology