quartet
/kwɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛt/
quartet noun: a group of four people or things, particularly.
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 1918.2015, Tony Holmes, American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945
- A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
- The string quartet played some chamber music.
- A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
- He composed a string quartet.
- A group of four singers that sing together in four-part harmony.
- The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.
quartet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
quartet in Hindi
- चौकड़ी
quartet in Tamil
- நாற்கூட்டு, நால்வர்
quartet in Bengali
- চতুষ্টয়, চারজনের দল
quartet in Telugu
- క్వార్టెట్, చతుష్టయం
More languagesFewer languages
- quartet in Malayalam
- ക്വാർട്ടേറ്റ്
- quartet in Kannada
- ಕ್ವಾರ್ಟೆಟ್
- quartet in Punjabi
- ਚੌਕਡ਼ੀ
- quartet in Gujarati
- ચોકડી
- quartet in Nepali
- क्वार्टेट
- quartet in Tagalog
- kuwarteto
Examples of quartet in a sentence
- The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
- The string quartet, one of the most popular groupings in chamber music, is composed entirely of violins: two violins proper, one viola, and one cello.
- When the accounting department's barbershop quartet was warming up, the sales team was ribbing them, yelling, "Don't give up your day job!"
Synonyms of quartet
Forms of quartet
| plural | quartets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | quartette |
Origin of quartet
From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.
Words formed from quartet
Words that rhyme with quartet
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
- ket
Questions about quartet
- What does quartet mean?
- Quartet means a group of four people or things, particularly.
- What is quartet in Hindi?
- Quartet in Hindi is चौकड़ी. See Quartet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is quartet?
- Quartet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce quartet?
- Quartet is pronounced /kwɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛt/.
- What is the plural of quartet?
- The plural of quartet is quartets.
Words near quartet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: quartet (page history and authors); quartet (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quartet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quartet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quartet (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quartet (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quartet (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quartet (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quartet (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quartet (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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