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My great hero is Billie Holiday, and I've always wanted to do an album of standards with a piano-led quartet.
Tim Curry

Meaning of "quartet" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUARTET

From Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto fourth.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUARTET

quartet  [kwɔːˈtɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUARTET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quartet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUARTET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

quartet

Quartet

In music, a quartet or quartette is an ensemble of four singers or instrumental performers; or a musical composition for four voices or instruments.

Definition of quartet in the English dictionary

The definition of quartet in the dictionary is any group of four.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUARTET


motet
məʊˈtɛt
octet
ɒkˈtɛt
octette
ɒkˈtɛt
quartette
kwɔːˈtɛt
quintet
kwɪnˈtɛt
quintette
kwɪnˈtɛt
septet
sɛpˈtɛt
septette
sɛpˈtɛt
sestett
sɛsˈtɛt
sextet
sɛksˈtɛt
sextett
sɛksˈtɛt
sextette
sɛksˈtɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUARTET

quartered
quarterer
quarterfinal
quartering
quarterlies
quarterlife crisis
quarterlight
quarterly
quartermaster
quartermaster general
quartermaster sergeant
quartermistress
quartern
quartern loaf
quarteroon
quarters
quartersaw
quarterstaff
quarterstaves
quartette

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUARTET

barbershop quartet
basket
bet
budget
cabinet
carpet
dectet
diet
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factory outlet
feet
forget
fustet
get
gilet
het
in the secret
on the market
sestet
string quartet

Synonyms and antonyms of quartet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quartet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUARTET

Find out the translation of quartet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quartet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quartet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

四重奏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuarteto
570 millions of speakers

English

quartet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चौकड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رُبَاعِيَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

квартет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quarteto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চৌপদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quartette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kuartet
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Quartett
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

四重奏
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사중창단
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kuartet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhóm tứ tấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நால்வரும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चौकडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dörtlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quartetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kwartet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

квартет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cvartet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουαρτέτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kwartet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvartett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kvartett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quartet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUARTET»

The term «quartet» is very widely used and occupies the 16.251 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUARTET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quartet

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10 QUOTES WITH «QUARTET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word quartet.
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Ned Beatty
I'll tell you what I would do in a shot if I could. I would sing in the barbershop quartet in The Music Man.
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Adrian Belew
I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder.
3
Clare Bowen
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet.
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Chick Corea
I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man.
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Tim Curry
My great hero is Billie Holiday, and I've always wanted to do an album of standards with a piano-led quartet.
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Stan Getz
A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.
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Jonny Greenwood
I suppose subconsciously I was thinking in terms of having the scale of it matching the scale of the images. Hence the sort of string quartet, jazz band and electronic stuff.
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Skylar Grey
My mom was a folk singer and Celtic harpist. My dad was in a barbershop quartet and my great grandma was an opera singer. As I grew up, I discovered pop music and Top 40 radio, but it was in the '90s, so music was very different then - it was really lyrical.
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Charlie Haden
Some tracks are with quartet and some tracks are with synthesizer.
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Al Jarreau
I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUARTET»

Discover the use of quartet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quartet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
Will enrich readers' understanding of the history of the string quartet, the music and its interpretation.
Robin Stowell, 2003
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Nineteen Seventy-four: The Red Riding Quartet, Book One
What he finds is a nightmare of corruption, violence, blackmail, and obsession that ultimately leads to a shocking, explosive conclusion. From the Trade Paperback edition.
David Peace, 2010
3
The Art of Quartet Playing: The Guarneri Quartet in ...
This extraordinary book ushers readers into the workshop of one of the world's most accomplished string quartets.
David Blum, 1987
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The Beethoven Quartet Companion
"--Yo-Yo Ma "These essays are the most readable, useful, and well-informed commentary available today on these masterworks.
Robert Winter, Robert L. Martin, 1994
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Quartet
The story of a woman on the edge caught in the stranglehold between her lover and his wife. When her husband is released from prison, the situation explodes.
Jean Rhys, 1997
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Happy Ever After: Book Four in the Bride Quartet
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts cordially invites you to meet childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac—the founders of Vows, one of Connecticut’s premier wedding planning companies.
Nora Roberts, 2010
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For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet
The premiere of the French composer's "Quartet for the End of Time on January 15, 1941 at -4 degrees Fahrenheit in Stalag VIIIA, a Nazi prison camp, has been called one of the great stories of twentieth century music.
Rebecca Rischin, 2006
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The Earthsea Quartet
A superb four-part fantasy, comparable with the work of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, the Earthsea books follow the fortunes of the wizard Ged from his childhood to an age where magic is giving way to evil.
Ursula K. Le Guin, 1993
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The Rosendorf Quartet
Four German Jews, refugees from Nazi Germany, play chamber music together in Palestine while trying to adjust to exile and learning to live in a new land and culture
Nathan Shaham, 1993
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The Bandini Quartet
This edition also includes the first-ever UK publication of Dreams From Bunker Hill, the brilliant and final novel which a blind and wheelchair bound Fante, nearing his death bed, dictated to his wife Joyce.
‎2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUARTET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quartet is used in the context of the following news items.
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France urges new 'Quartet-plus' with Arab envoys
“It could be a sort of Quartet-plus,” Fabius told reporters, referring to the foursome led by former British prime minister Tony Blair that included the United States, ... «The Times of Israel, Jun 15»
2
Ronnie Gilbert, member of folk quartet the Weavers, dies
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Singer Ronnie Gilbert , a member of the influential 1950s folk quartet the Weavers, has died. She was 88. Gilbert died of natural ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
3
It is time to kill off the Quartet
At the end of June Tony Blair will no longer be the Quartet representative. Eight years of inspiration for the comedians and satirists are over - they will now ... «Al-Arabiya, Jun 15»
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Tony Blair resigns from post as Middle East envoy after eight years …
Mr Blair's position as representative for the Quartet on the Middle East, made up of the UN, the US, the EU and Russia, was thought to have become increasingly ... «The Independent, May 15»
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Discovered: Quartet of Quasars, a 10-Million-to-One Find
It gets stranger: The four quasars are nestled in a gigantic cloud of cold hydrogen gas that theories say shouldn't exist either. Picture of a quartet of quasars. «National Geographic, May 15»
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'The Quartet' by Joseph J. Ellis: How 4 Founders shaped a nation
THE QUARTET: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789, by Joseph J. Ellis. Alfred A. Knopf, 290 pp., $27.95. «Newsday, May 15»
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Saxophonist Tony Malaby's New Quartet Brings Out His Rowdy Side
Malaby has merged his two trios — with a cello and a tuba — into a quartet called Tubacello. Their new album is Scorpion Eater. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead ... «NPR, Mar 15»
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Tony Blair reportedly to step back as Mideast Quartet envoy
He has served as envoy to the Quartet — the diplomatic grouping of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations that guides the ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Mar 15»
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Normandy Quartet foreign ministers meeting in Paris
Paris - The foreign ministers of the Normandy Quartet countries (Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine) are meeting in Paris to discuss the implementation of ... «Kyiv Post, Feb 15»
10
Climate Scientist Tries Arts To Stir Hearts Regarding Earth's Fate
"We have this amazing professional string quartet — the Fry Street Quartet — as artists in residence at the Caine College of the Arts here," Davies says. «NPR, Feb 15»

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