different between quintuple vs quintet

English

Etymology

From Middle French quintuple.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?p?l

Adjective

quintuple (not comparable)

1. having five parts or members
2. five times as much
3. (music) having five crotchets in a bar

Translations

Noun

quintuple (plural quintuples)

1. a fivefold amount

Translations

Verb

quintuple (third-person singular simple present quintuples, present participle quintupling, simple past and past participle quintupled) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to multiply something (or be multiplied) by five

Translations

Derived terms

• quintuplet
• quintuplicate
• Quintuple Alliance

See also

French

Etymology

From Latin quintus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.typl/

Adjective

quintuple (plural quintuples)

1. quintuple
2. (music) hundred twenty-eighth note

Noun

quintuple m (plural quintuples)

1. quintuple

Further reading

• “quintuple” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

quintuple

1. feminine plural of quintuplo

English

Alternative forms

• quintette

Etymology

From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to qu?nque (“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?n?t?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

quintet (plural quintets)

1. (music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
2. (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
3. Any group of five members

Synonyms

• (group of five): pentad; see also Thesaurus:quintet

Translations

See also

• duo
• trio or triplet
• quartet
• sextet
• septet
• octet
• nonet
• chamber ensemble
• chamber orchestra