quintuplet
12 synonyms for quintuplet, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A group of five things, especially, in music, five notes played in the time normally taken by four.
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Etymology
Formed from quintuple and the suffix -et; quintuple itself comes from Middle French quintuple.
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