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quartette
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quartette has 4 senses
- quartette(n = noun.group) quartet - four performers or singers who perform together; Array is a kind of musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
- quartette(n = noun.group) quadruple, quadruplet, quartet - a set of four similar things considered as a unit; Array is a kind of set
- quartette(n = noun.group) foursome, quartet - four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." is a kind of assemblage, gathering
- quartette(n = noun.communication) quartet - a musical composition for four performers; Array is a kind of composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
has particulars: barbershop quartet, string quartet, string quartette
has particulars: quadrumvirate
CIDE DICTIONARY
quartette, n. [It. quartetto, dim. of quarto the fourth, a fourth part, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart.].
- A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument. [1913 Webster]
- A stanza of four lines. [1913 Webster]
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