quartette

Other forms: quartettes

Definitions of quartette
  1. noun
    a musical composition for four performers
    synonyms: quartet
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    type of:
    composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
    a musical work that has been created
  2. noun
    four performers or singers who perform together
    synonyms: quartet
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    types:
    barbershop quartet
    an unaccompanied quartet of (usually male) voices singing sentimental songs in four-part harmony
    string quartet, string quartette
    an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello
    type of:
    musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
    an organization of musicians who perform together
  3. noun
    four people considered as a unit
    synonyms: foursome, quartet
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    types:
    quadrumvirate
    a group of four men
    type of:
    assemblage, gathering
    a group of persons together in one place
  4. noun
    a set of four similar things considered as a unit
    synonyms: quadruple, quadruplet, quartet
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    type of:
    set
    a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
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