FromFrenchquintette, fromItalianquintetto, diminutive ofquinto(“fifth”), itself fromLatinquintus, related toquīnque(“five”).
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| Cardinal:five Ordinal:fifth Abbreviated ordinal:5th Latinate ordinal:quintary,quinary Latinate reverse order ordinal:propreantepenultimate Adverbial:fivetimes Multiplier:fivefold Latinate multiplier:quintuple Distributive:quintuply Germanic collective:fivesome Collective of n parts:quintuplet,pentuplet Greek or Latinate collective:pentad Greek collective prefix:penta- Latinate collective prefix:quinque- Fractional:fifth Elemental:quintuplet,pentuplet Greek prefix:pempto- Number of musicians:quintet Number of years:quinquennium,lustrum | ||
quintet (pluralquintets)
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