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QUARTETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quartette mean? 

QUARTETTE (noun)
  The noun QUARTETTE has 4 senses:

1. four performers or singers who perform togetherplay

2. a set of four similar things considered as a unitplay

3. four people considered as a unitplay

4. a musical composition for four performersplay

  Familiarity information: QUARTETTE used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUARTETTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Four performers or singers who perform together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

quartet; quartette

Hypernyms ("quartette" is a kind of...):

musical group; musical organisation; musical organization (an organization of musicians who perform together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quartette"):

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)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A set of four similar things considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

quadruple; quadruplet; quartet; quartette

Hypernyms ("quartette" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Four people considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

foursome; quartet; quartette

Context example:

the foursome teed off before 9 a.m.

Hypernyms ("quartette" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quartette"):

quadrumvirate (a group of four men)


Sense 4

Meaning:

A musical composition for four performers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

quartet; quartette

Hypernyms ("quartette" is a kind of...):

composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)


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