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quartet

Pronunciation: /kwɔːˈtɛt/

(also quartette)

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Definition of quartet

noun

a group of four people playing music or singing together.
a composition for a quartet: a Beethoven quartet
a set of four people or things: a quartet of comfortable armchairs

Origin:

early 17th century (in the general sense 'set of four'): from French quartette, from Italian quartetto, from quarto 'fourth', from Latin quartus