quartetton.

Brit.

/kwɔːˈtɛtəʊ/, U.S.

/kwɔrˈtɛdoʊ/

Inflections: Plural quartettos, quartetti.

Forms: 1700s quartetti (singular), 1700s– quartetto.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian quartetto.

Etymology: < Italian quartetto (a1759 in sense 1; 1611 in Florio in sense ‘set of four lines in a sonnet’) < quarto fourth part, quarter (see quart n.²) + -etto , diminutive suffix (see -et suffix¹). Compare French quartetto (1764 in sense 1; < Italian).In plural form quartetti after the Italian plural form.

1. Music. = quartet n. 2a. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > quartet

quatuor1724

quartetto1758

quartet1773

pianoforte quartet1847

piano quartet1862

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > group of four

quaternionc1384

quadrivial?a1475

messa1529

quaternity1529

quaternio1601

mournival1631

quadrate1637

quaternarya1638

tetrad1653

quadruplet1795

quartetto1807

quatrain1862

quartet1882

quad1896

1758 T. Morell Jephtha ii. iii. 14 (heading) Recitative..Air..Quartetto.

1760 Public Advertiser 23 Apr. in Musical Times (1906) 47 664/1 A Quartetto by Miss Schmeling, Master Barron, Master Cervetto, and Miss Burney.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. lntrod. p. x In 1752, Quantz classed Quartettos at the head of instrumental Music.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvi. 89 Playing the solo part for the flute in a quartetto.

1835 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine (new ed.) 201 Every song was at least a quartetto.

1855 Musical Times 6 279/2 A terzetto by Rooke, ‘Dare the foe invade our land’, the quartetto from Don Pasquale, ‘E rimasti’, were well sung and very effective.

1874 Catholic World Sept. 836/2 Did you ever imagine that a law of geometry could make a circle, or that a law of harmony could write a quartetto?

1931 Music & Lett. 12 268 The authoress is more virile in the quartetto at the end of the Act.

1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) i. 15 I have never heard a better quartetto in my life.

2. In extended use: a set of four people or things. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > group of four > persons

quadrivirate1654

quatrumvirate1684

partie carrée1693

quadrumvirate1752

quartetto1771

quartet1814

quartumvirate1840

square party1851

quattuorvirate1856

foursome1926

1771 Favourite II. 94 Much in this manner did this quartetto spend their time.

1790 W. Cowper Let. 30 Nov. (1982) III. 437 Wishing much that you could change our Trio into a Quartetto.

1807 R. C. Hoare Tour Ireland 235 Potatoes, oats, flax, and bog, the almost inseparable quartetto.

1868 Times 25 June 5/3 At the distance the three were joined by The Parson, the quartetto running together to the Stand.

1904 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 6 Sept. 6/2 Music was furnished by the male quartetto during the evening.

Compounds

quartetto table n. one of a nest of four small tables.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > one of a nest

quartet table1809

quartetto table1812

1812 T. Sheraton Designs for Household Furnit. 7 (caption) Quartetto Table.

1944 C. W. Drepperd Primer Amer. Antiques 248/2 Quartetto Tables. Sets of tables..resting in and under largest one.

2005 Mail on Sunday 27 Mar. 21 A real fun set of (four, of course) quartetto tables, one with a chessboard top.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quartetto
释义	quartetton. Brit. /kwɔːˈtɛtəʊ/, U.S. /kwɔrˈtɛdoʊ/ Inflections: Plural quartettos, quartetti. Forms: 1700s quartetti (singular), 1700s– quartetto. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian quartetto. Etymology: < Italian quartetto (a1759 in sense 1; 1611 in Florio in sense ‘set of four lines in a sonnet’) < quarto fourth part, quarter (see quart n.²) + -etto , diminutive suffix (see -et suffix¹). Compare French quartetto (1764 in sense 1; < Italian).In plural form quartetti after the Italian plural form. 1. Music. = quartet n. 2a. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > quartet quatuor1724 quartetto1758 quartet1773 pianoforte quartet1847 piano quartet1862 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > group of four quaternionc1384 quadrivial?a1475 messa1529 quaternity1529 quaternio1601 mournival1631 quadrate1637 quaternarya1638 tetrad1653 quadruplet1795 quartetto1807 quatrain1862 quartet1882 quad1896 1758 T. Morell Jephtha ii. iii. 14 (heading) Recitative..Air..Quartetto. 1760 Public Advertiser 23 Apr. in Musical Times (1906) 47 664/1 A Quartetto by Miss Schmeling, Master Barron, Master Cervetto, and Miss Burney. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. lntrod. p. x In 1752, Quantz classed Quartettos at the head of instrumental Music. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvi. 89 Playing the solo part for the flute in a quartetto. 1835 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine (new ed.) 201 Every song was at least a quartetto. 1855 Musical Times 6 279/2 A terzetto by Rooke, ‘Dare the foe invade our land’, the quartetto from Don Pasquale, ‘E rimasti’, were well sung and very effective. 1874 Catholic World Sept. 836/2 Did you ever imagine that a law of geometry could make a circle, or that a law of harmony could write a quartetto? 1931 Music & Lett. 12 268 The authoress is more virile in the quartetto at the end of the Act. 1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) i. 15 I have never heard a better quartetto in my life. 2. In extended use: a set of four people or things. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > group of four > persons quadrivirate1654 quatrumvirate1684 partie carrée1693 quadrumvirate1752 quartetto1771 quartet1814 quartumvirate1840 square party1851 quattuorvirate1856 foursome1926 1771 Favourite II. 94 Much in this manner did this quartetto spend their time. 1790 W. Cowper Let. 30 Nov. (1982) III. 437 Wishing much that you could change our Trio into a Quartetto. 1807 R. C. Hoare Tour Ireland 235 Potatoes, oats, flax, and bog, the almost inseparable quartetto. 1868 Times 25 June 5/3 At the distance the three were joined by The Parson, the quartetto running together to the Stand. 1904 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 6 Sept. 6/2 Music was furnished by the male quartetto during the evening. Compounds quartetto table n. one of a nest of four small tables. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > one of a nest quartet table1809 quartetto table1812 1812 T. Sheraton Designs for Household Furnit. 7 (caption) Quartetto Table. 1944 C. W. Drepperd Primer Amer. Antiques 248/2 Quartetto Tables. Sets of tables..resting in and under largest one. 2005 Mail on Sunday 27 Mar. 21 A real fun set of (four, of course) quartetto tables, one with a chessboard top. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1758
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