quartet

English

Alternative forms

• quartette

Etymology

From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

quartet (plural quartets)

1. (music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.

   A string quartet.

2. (music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.

   A quartet of violinists.

3. (music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.

   A gospel quartet.

4. Any group of four, especially people.
   • 2015, Tony Holmes, American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945

     The last of the quartet of American fighter pilots to join the RAF before the war was Cyril 'Pussy' Palmer, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in March 1918.

Synonyms

• (group of four): foursome, tetrad; see also Thesaurus:quartet

Translations

music composition in four parts

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四重奏 (zh) (sìchóngzòu)

• Czech: kvartet (cs) m
• Dutch: kwartet (nl) n
• Finnish: kvartetti (fi)
• French: quatuor (fr) m, quartette (fr) m
• Georgian: კვარტეტი (ḳvarṭeṭi)
• German: Quartett (de) n
• Hungarian: kvartett (hu)
• Interlingua: quartetto
• Italian: quartetto (it) m
• Japanese: カルテット (karutetto), 四重奏 (shijūsō)

• Korean: 콰르텟 (kwareutet), 사중주 (ko) (sajungju)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvartett m

  Nynorsk: kvartett m

• Portuguese: quarteto (pt) m
• Romanian: cvartet (ro)
• Russian: кварте́т (ru) m (kvartét)
• Slovene: kvartet m
• Spanish: cuarteto (es) m
• Swedish: kvartett (sv) c
• Tagalog: kuwarteto

four musicians who perform a piece of music together

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四重奏 (zh) (sìchóngzòu)

• Czech: kvarteto (cs) n
• Dutch: kwartet (nl) n
• Finnish: kvartetti (fi)
• French: quatuor (fr) m, quartette (fr) m
• Georgian: კვარტეტი (ḳvarṭeṭi)
• German: Quartett (de) n
• Hungarian: kvartett (hu), négyes (hu)
• Italian: quartetto (it) m
• Japanese: カルテット (karutetto), 四重唱 (shijūshō)
• Korean: 콰르텟 (kwareutet), 사중주 (ko) (sajungju)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvartett m

  Nynorsk: kvartett m

• Polish: kwartet (pl) m
• Portuguese: quarteto (pt) m
• Russian: кварте́т (ru) m (kvartét)
• Slovene: kvartet m
• Spanish: cuarteto (es) m
• Swedish: kvartett (sv) c
• Tagalog: kuwarteto

group of four

• Dutch: viertal (nl) n, kwartet (nl) n
• Finnish: nelikko (fi), nelikkö (fi)
• French: quatuor (fr) m, quadrille (fr) m
• Georgian: კვარტეტი (ḳvarṭeṭi)
• German: Quartett (de) n
• Hungarian: négyes (hu)
• Italian: quartetto (it) m

• Japanese: 四人組 (yoningumi)
• Maori: tokowhā
• Portuguese: quarteto (pt) m
• Russian: кварте́т (ru) m (kvartét), четвёрка (ru) f (četvjórka), (collective) че́тверо (ru) pl (čétvero)
• Spanish: cuarteto (es) m
• Swedish: kvartett (sv) c

See also

• barbershop quartet

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kwəɾˈtət/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kwərˈtɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kwaɾˈtet/

Noun

quartet m (plural quartets)

1. quartet

Further reading

• “quartet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quartet” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “quartet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quartet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Noun

quartet m (plural quartets)

1. quartet