Home › Words › Q › quintusquintusquintus means A male given name from Latin.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin Quīntus (“masculine praenomen”), from quīntus (“fifth”).nameA male given name from LatinA male surname from LatinnounThe fifth voice in addition to the superius, altus, tenor and bassus in a piece of vocal polyphony.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.quintina 73% match — A Sardinian vocal technique in which four performers produce an apparent fifth voice. vs quintus →quintole 68% match — A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of three, four or six. vs quintus →quintetto 65% match — A quintet. vs quintus →quintet 65% match — A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians) vs quintus →quint 65% match — An interval of one fifth. vs quintus →superius 63% match — The highest voice or part in early polyphony. vs quintus →quintuplet 62% match — A group of five, particularly (music) a tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four. vs quintus →quintadena 61% match — An organ stop yielding a tone one-twelfth above the digital struck. vs quintus →