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Antonyms for quintet

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwin-tet
Phonetic Transcription : kwɪnˈtɛt

Definition of quintet

Origin :
  • 1811, "composition for five voices," from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto "fifth," from Latin quintus "the fifth," related to quinque "five" (see quinque-). Meaning "set of five singers or players" is from 1882.
  • As in ensemble : noun collection
Example sentences :
  • Quintet for two violins, two violas, and violoncello, in C major; ded.
  • Extract from : « Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) » by Elliott Graeme
  • The remaining four atoms of the quintet divide into two duads.
  • Extract from : « Occult Chemistry » by Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater
  • According to Wagner's directions, the curtain goes down after this quintet, but the music continues until the scene is changed.
  • Extract from : « Chopin and Other Musical Essays » by Henry T. Finck
  • Now, on the occasion in question, the quintet evoked so much enthusiasm that a storm of applause arose.
  • Extract from : « Chopin and Other Musical Essays » by Henry T. Finck
  • Which quintet of gentlemen at once went into the Church, and commenced a whispered conversation with the ecclesiastical Ruin.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Vols. I to III » by Cuthbert Bede
  • See that both, especially the Quintet, be engraved without loss of time.
  • Extract from : « Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Vol. 2 » by Lady Wallace
  • It will be at any rate three months before the Sonata appears here, but you must make haste with the Quintet.
  • Extract from : « Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Vol. 2 » by Lady Wallace
  • The Lippheim quintet, in its sober way, held a small but dignified position.
  • Extract from : « Tante » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • The quintet ceased and Rachel felt that she could never be angry with anyone again.
  • Extract from : « The Duchess of Wrexe » by Hugh Walpole
  • The remaining member of the quintet which Sir Henry advised me to summon requires a little explanation.
  • Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall

Synonyms for quintet

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