quintet

 
Pronunciation: /kwɪnˈtɛt/

noun

  • a group of five people playing music or singing together: a jazz quintet played hypnotic Chicago blues
  • a musical composition for a quintet: the music of a Mozart quintet
  • any group of five people or things: a novel about a quintet of interrelated lovers

Origin:

late 18th century: from French quintette or Italian quintetto, from quinto 'fifth', from Latin quintus