quartet

English

Alternative forms

quartette

Etymology

From French quartette, from Italian quartetto.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

quartet (plural quartets)

(music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
A string quartet.
(music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
A quartet of violinists.
(music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.
A gospel quartet.
Any group of four, especially people.

Synonyms

group of four: foursome

Translations

music composition in four parts

Chinese:
Mandarin: 四重奏 (zh) (sìchóngzòu)
Czech: kvartet (cs) m
Dutch: kwartet (nl) n
Finnish: kvartetti (fi)
French: quatuor (fr) m, quartette (fr) m
German: Quartett (de) n
Hungarian: kvartett (hu)
Interlingua: quartetto
Italian: quartetto (it) m
Japanese: カルテット (karutetto), 四重奏 (shijūsō)

Korean: 콰르텟 (kwareutet), 사중주 (ko) (sajungju)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kvartett m

Nynorsk: kvartett m
Portuguese: quarteto (pt) m
Romanian: cvartet (ro)
Russian: кварте́т (ru) m (kvartét)
Slovene: kvartet m
Spanish: cuarteto m
Swedish: kvartett (sv) c
Tagalog: kuwarteto

four musicians who perform a piece of music together

Chinese:
Mandarin: 四重奏 (zh) (sìchóngzòu)
Czech: kvarteto (cs) n
Dutch: kwartet (nl) n
Finnish: kvartetti (fi)
French: quatuor (fr) m, quartette (fr) m
German: Quartett (de) n
Hungarian: kvartett (hu), négyes (hu)
Italian: quartetto (it) m
Japanese: カルテット (karutetto), 四重唱 (shijūshō)
Korean: 콰르텟 (kwareutet), 사중주 (ko) (sajungju)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: kvartett m

Nynorsk: kvartett m
Polish: kwartet (pl) m
Portuguese: quarteto (pt) m
Russian: кварте́т (ru) m (kvartét)
Slovene: kvartet m
Spanish: cuarteto m
Swedish: kvartett (sv) c
Tagalog: kuwarteto

group of four

Dutch: viertal (nl) n, kwartet (nl) n
Finnish: nelikko (fi), nelikkö (fi)
French: quatuor (fr) m, quadrille (fr) m
German: Quartett (de) n
Hungarian: négyes (hu)
Italian: quartetto (it) m

Maori: tokowhā
Portuguese: quarteto (pt) m
Russian: кварте́т (ru) m (kvartét), четвёрка (ru) f (četvjórka), (collective) че́тверо (ru) pl (čétvero)
Spanish: cuarteto m
Swedish: kvartett (sv) c

See also

barbershop quartet

Catalan

Noun

quartet m (plural quartets)

quartet

French

Noun

quartet m (plural quartets)

quartet

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