Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: quartet
IPA transcription: [kwɔɹt'ɛt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: quartet, quartette
    Meaning: a musical composition for four performers
  • Synonyms: quartet, quartette, foursome
    Meaning: four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."
  • Synonyms: quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple
    Meaning: a set of four similar things considered as a unit
  • Synonyms: quartet, quartette
    Meaning: four performers or singers who perform together
  • Synonyms: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little_Joe
    Meaning: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
Usage examples
  • While the inquiry was going on, light came in from a quartet hitherto unthought of.
  • Our Indian quartet, after several last drinks of chicha, bade their friends farewell by clasping hands, one kissing the joined hands, and then the other.