Quartette
noun
1.
any group of four persons or things.
2.
an organized group of four singers or players.
3.
a musical composition for four voices or instruments.
Also, especially British, quar·tette.
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quartet or quartette (kwɔːˈtɛt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See string quartet a group of four singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group |
| 2. | any group of four: a quartet of fast bowlers |
| [C18: from Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto fourth] | |
| quartette or quartette | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto fourth] | |
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| quartet or quartette (kwɔːˈtɛt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See string quartet a group of four singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group |
| 2. | any group of four: a quartet of fast bowlers |
| [C18: from Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto fourth] | |
| quartette or quartette | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto fourth] | |
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Word Origin & History
quartet
1773, "musical composition for four instruments or voices," from Fr. quartette, from It. quartetto, dim. of quarto "fourth," from L. quartus "fourth." Meaning "set of four singers or musical performers" is from 1814.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
quartet definition
A group of four musicians or singers; also, a piece of music for four instruments or voices.
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