Pēn’ta-chōrd, n.

n. [Lat. pentachordus, Gr. πεντάχορδος, five-stringed, from πέντε, five, and χορδή, string, chord; Fr. pentacorde, It. pentacordo.]

1. An instrument of music with five strings.
2. An order or system of five sounds. Busby.