quartet
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kwɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
[a], [b] ← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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Cardinal: four Ordinal: fourth Latinate ordinal: quartary, quaternary Reverse order ordinal: fourth to last, fourth from last, last but three Latinate reverse order ordinal: preantepenultimate Adverbial: four times Multiplier: fourfold Latinate multiplier: quadruple Distributive: quadruply Group collective: foursome Multipart collective: quadruplet Greek or Latinate collective: tetrad Greek collective prefix: tetra-, tessera- Latinate collective prefix: quadri- Fractional: quarter, fourth Latinate fractional prefix: quadrant- Elemental: quadruplet Greek prefix: tetarto- Number of musicians: quartet Number of years: quadrennium, olympiad |
Noun
editquartet (plural quartets)
- A group of four people or things, particularly
- 2015, Tony Holmes, American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945:
- 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.
- (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, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.
- The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editgroup of four
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four musicians who perform a piece of music together
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musical composition for four musicians
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See also
editCatalan
editPronunciation
editNoun
editquartet m (plural quartets)
- A quartet, a group of four people or things, particularly
Further reading
edit- “quartet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “quartet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “quartet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “quartet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editquartet m (plural quartets)
Further reading
edit- “quartet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editNoun
editquartet n (plural quartete)
- Alternative form of cvartet
Declension
editDeclension of quartet
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) quartet | quartetul | (niște) quartete | quartetele |
genitive/dative | (unui) quartet | quartetului | (unor) quartete | quartetelor |
vocative | quartetule | quartetelor |
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