quinteto
Portuguese, noun/kĩˈte.tu/
quinteto is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinteto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “music composition in five parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “composição musical, própria para ser executada por cinco vozes ou cinco instrumentos”.
What does quinteto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemusic composition in five parts
- 2
masculinefive musicians who perform a piece of music together
- 3
masculinegroup of five (things or people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. composição musical, própria para ser executada por cinco vozes ou cinco instrumentos 2. grupo de cinco pessoas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quinteto
- quintetos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinteto?
- Brazil /kĩˈte.tu/
- Portugal /kĩˈte.tu/
- Portugal /kĩ.ˈte.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quinteto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quinteto in Portuguese?
quinteto appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).