🎤 A music group 4️⃣ A group of four 🎼 A music piece

quartette

7.2

A piece of music written for four instruments

noun
/kwɔrˈtɛt/

: cuarteto

She composed a beautiful quartette for cello, violin, viola, and piano.

Examples

The string quartette is one of Beethoven's most celebrated compositions.
Tonight's concert features a quartette performed by talented young musicians.
The string quartette performed beautifully last night.
I love listening to a quartette during dinner.
The string quartette is one of Beethoven's most celebrated compositions.
Tonight's concert features a quartette performed by talented young musicians.
She composed a beautiful quartette for cello, violin, viola, and piano.

Synonyms

quartet

vsquartette

12 3.4

A piece of music written for four instruments or singers

is the same meaning but uses an older alternative spelling

Compounds

string quartette

Archaic

4.9

A group of four players, two violins, a viola, and a cello, or a piece written for them

Surface Forms

quartette singular

quartettes plural

Etymology

Quartette comes from the Italian quartetto, from quattro meaning 'four', and the ending -ette which shows a 'small group'. So a quartette is a musical piece written for 'four' performers.