1. a group of five people or things
2. a musical composition written for five performers
Usage: music
3. a group of five musicians who perform together
Usage: music

Examples

• The jazz quintet performed at the local club every Friday night.
• She wrote a beautiful string quintet for two violins, viola, cello, and bass.
• The basketball team’s starting quintet had played together for three years.
• Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet is considered one of his finest chamber works.
• The vocal quintet harmonized perfectly during their performance.
• A quintet of friends decided to start their own business together.
• The brass quintet consisted of two trumpets, a horn, a trombone, and a tuba.