🎼 A music piece 5️⃣ A group of five 🎷 Five musicians

quintette

7.5

A group of five musicians or singers who perform together

noun
/kwɪnˈtɛt/

Archaic

: quinteto

She joined a vocal quintette that specialized in Renaissance music.

Examples

The jazz quintette performed an original composition at the concert.
At the awards ceremony, the quintette stood together on stage holding their trophy.
Quintette, Quartette, Trios.

Köln 75 (2025)

Synonyms

quintet

vsquintette

4 4.2

Five musicians or singers who perform together

is the same but spelled with an extra final e

fivesome

vsquintette

1 6.3

A group of five people who work or play together

is specific to five musical performers rather than any group of people

Surface Forms

quintette singular

quintettes plural

Etymology

Quintette comes from quint- 'five' plus -ette 'small group'. That's why a quintette is a group of five singers or musicians who perform together.