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Quartet

Noun CEFR B1
kwɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛt

Definitions

  1. A group of four people or things, particularly
  2. A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
  3. A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
  4. A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.

Equivalents

Españolcuarteto
DeutschQuartett
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Catalàquartet
Cymraegpedwarawd
Danskkvartet
עבריתרביעייה
Bahasa Indonesiakuartet
Italianoquartetto
ქართულიკვარტეტი
Kurdîkvartet
Nederlandskwartet
Polskikwartet
Portuguêsquarteto
Românăcvartet
Русскийквартет
Slovenščinakvartet
Tagalogkuwarteto
Tiếng Việtbộ tứ

Examples

The last of the quartet of American fighter pilots to join the RAF before the war was Cyril 'Pussy' Palmer, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in March 1918.”
The string quartet played some chamber music.”
“He composed a string quartet.”
The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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