quartet
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun[edit]
quartet (plural quartets)
- (music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
- A string quartet.
- (music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
- A quartet of violinists.
- (music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.
- A gospel quartet.
- Any group of four, especially people.
- Synonyms: foursome, tetrad; see also Thesaurus:quartet
- 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.
Translations[edit]
music composition in four parts
four musicians who perform a piece of music together
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group of four
See also[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quartet m (plural quartets)
Further reading[edit]
- “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.
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
quartet m (plural quartets)
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