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quartet

(kwɔːʳtet)
Word forms: plural quartets
1. countable noun [with singular or plural verb]
A quartet is a group of four people who play musical instruments or sing together.
...a string quartet.
...a quartet of singers. [+ of]
2. countable noun
A quartet is a piece of music for four instruments or four singers.
3. countable noun [usually NOUN of noun]
A quartet of people or things is a group or set of four people or things.
[written]
...a quartet of books.
...a quartet of local women in their mid-forties.

quartet in British English

or quartette (kwɔːˈtɛt)
noun
1. 
a group of four singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group
string quartet
2. 
any group of four
a quartet of fast bowlers
Word origin
C18: from Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto fourth

quartet in American English

(kwɔrˈtɛt)
noun
1. 
any group of four persons or things
2.  Music
a. 
a composition for four voices or four instruments
b. 
a group of four performers of such a composition, or any group of four musicians playing together
Also ; Archaic quartette
Word origin
Fr quartette < It quartetto, dim. of quarto < L quartus, fourth: see quart1

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Examples of 'quartet' in a sentence
quartet

Here were five hugely accomplished musicians who were listening to each other as intently as members of a string quartet.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Last weekend's fare offered a mini fest of string quartets.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
For most of the concert the 36-year-old sat at the piano and was accompanied by a string quartet, a drummer and a keyboard player.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The string quartet playing in four helicopters?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
No wonder the conventional string quartet lineup avoids the double bass.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
On sunny days a string quartet plays on the terrace.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was an afternoon wedding and warm enough for a string quartet to play outside.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These medals turned out to be a precursor to golden performances from the British quartets.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A quartet of pieces are on offer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I can imagine a string quartet playing here.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The string quartet loved it.
John Harris THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock (2003)
Meanwhile, a string quartet plays.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Some years ago I was leading a quartet on clarinet.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
I caught the freshly signed quartet play a tiny show in London and was mightily impressed.
The Sun (2008)
A string quartet should play in a small auditorium because that's where it sounds right.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A string quartet played Bollywood music during the reception.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The quartet are set to return to their clubs but remain on standby for World Cup duty.
The Sun (2015)
For the fourth successive time in major championships, the British quartet fluffed a changeover.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's hissy and it lacks the wallop of the onstage quartet, who play their own instruments.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
World champions Australia will be running scared after the British quartet set an unofficial world record in training last week.
The Sun (2016)
They liked music of all kinds and had a large collection of records ranging from American jazz to Beethoven quartets and of course many choral works.
Len Deighton Bomber
The deal would divorce the FTSE 100 group from the quartet of difficult billionaires who own the other half of the business.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

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In other languages
quartet

British English: quartet /kwɔːˈtɛt/ NOUN
A quartet is a group of four people who play musical instruments or sing together.
  • American English: quartet
  • Arabic: رُبَاعِيَّة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: quarteto
  • Chinese: 四重奏
  • Croatian: kvartet
  • Czech: kvarteto
  • Danish: kvartet
  • Dutch: kwartet
  • European Spanish: cuarteto
  • Finnish: kvartetti
  • French: quartette
  • German: Quartett
  • Greek: κουαρτέτο
  • Italian: quartetto
  • Japanese: 四重奏
  • Korean: 사중창단
  • Norwegian: kvartett
  • Polish: kwartet
  • European Portuguese: quarteto
  • Romanian: cvartet
  • Russian: квартет
  • Latin American Spanish: cuarteto
  • Swedish: kvartett
  • Thai: กลุ่มนักร้องหรือนักดนตรีสี่คน
  • Turkish: dörtlü müzik vb
  • Ukrainian: квартет
  • Vietnamese: nhóm tứ tấu

Chinese translation of 'quartet'

quartet

(kwɔːˈtɛt)

n (c)

  1. (= group) 四人表演组(組)合 (sì rén biǎoyǎn zǔhé) (个(個), gè)
  2. (= piece of music) 四声(聲)部曲 (sìshēngbùqǔ) (首, shǒu)
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