QUARTET


Meaning of QUARTET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also quar·tette kwȯr-ˈtet

Etymology: Italian quartetto, from quarto fourth, from Latin quartus — more at quart

Date: 1773

1. : a musical composition for four instruments or voices

2. : a group or set of four ; especially : the performers of a quartet

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.