quartet - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
quartet (plural quartets)
- A group of four people or things, particularly
- ✤ 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 1918.1
- (music) A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
- ✤ The string quartet played some chamber music.
- (music) A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
- ✤ He composed a string quartet.
- (music) A group of four singers that sing together in four-part harmony.
- ✤ The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.
Etymology
From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kwɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛt/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
- Rhymes: -ɛt
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Footnotes
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2015, Tony Holmes, American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945: ↩