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quartet - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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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

  1. 2015, Tony Holmes, American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945: ↩

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