quartette

quar·tet

also quar·tette Q0019600 (kwôr-tĕt′)n.1. Music a. A composition for four voices or four instruments.b. A group of four singers or four instrumentalists.2. A group of four.

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[French quartette, from Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto, fourth, from Latin quārtus; see quart.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	quartette - four performers or singers who perform togetherquartetmusical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform togetherbarbershop quartet - an unaccompanied quartet of (usually male) voices singing sentimental songs in four-part harmonystring quartet, string quartette - an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello
	2.	quartette - a set of four similar things considered as a unitquadruple, quadruplet, quartetset - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
	3.	quartette - four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."foursome, quartetassemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one placequadrumvirate - a group of four men
	4.	quartette - a musical composition for four performersquartetmusical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

Translations

Quartett