Quintette

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

quintette
    n 1: five performers or singers who perform together [syn:
         {quintet}, {quintette}]
    2: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn:
       {quintet}, {quintette}, {quintuplet}, {quintuple}]
    3: five people considered as a unit [syn: {quintet},
       {quintette}, {fivesome}]
    4: a musical composition for five performers [syn: {quintet},
       {quintette}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quintet \Quin*tet"\, Quintette \Quin*tette"\, n. [It. quintetto,
   dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the
   fifth: cf. F. quintette. See {Quint}.] (Mus.)
   A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set
   of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
   [1913 Webster]

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