Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as quintuplet, 3. Compare decimole, quartole, etc.
  • noun A five-stringed variety of viol much used in France in the eighteenth century. See viol.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mus.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun music A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four.

Etymologies

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Italian quinto, "fifth".

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