Definition of Quartette

1. Noun. Four performers or singers who perform together.


2. Noun. A set of four similar things considered as a unit.
Exact synonyms: Quadruple, Quadruplet, Quartet
Generic synonyms: Set

3. Noun. Four people considered as a unit. "The foursome teed off before 9 a.m."
Exact synonyms: Foursome, Quartet
Generic synonyms: Assemblage, Gathering
Specialized synonyms: Quadrumvirate

4. Noun. A musical composition for four performers.
Exact synonyms: Quartet
Generic synonyms: Composition, Musical Composition, Opus, Piece, Piece Of Music

Definition of Quartette

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of quartet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quartette

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quartette

quarterpounders
quarters
quartersaw
quartersawed
quartersawing
quartersawn
quartersaws
quarterstaff
quarterstaffs
quarterstaves
quartervine
quartes
quartet
quartets
quartett
quartette
quartettes
quartetts
quartic
quartic function
quartic polynomial
quartics
quartier
quartiers
quartile
quartiles
quartine
quartino
quartinos
quartirolo

Literary usage of Quartette

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"All the divisions of this cell except the first one are purely bilateral in position. IV. HISTORY OF THE FIRST Quartette OF ..."

2. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"THE Quartette The tricksy Monkey, the Goat, the Ass, and bandy-legged Mishka ... But the quartette is as unmusical as ever. Louder than before there arose ..."

3. Music (1897)
"The third of the Spiering Quartette concerts took place in Handel Hall. ... The quartette had naturally a more arduous task than in the Beethoven quartette ..."

4. Folio (1885)
"Quartette in G, with solue for soprano and bass While. All the Earth is glad again. Quartette in Bb White. Christmas Anthem. Quartette in F, with soprano ..."

5. In a Persian Garden: A Song-cycle for Four Solo Voices (soprano, Contralto by Liza Lehmann, Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald (1896)
"CONTAINING Quartette—Wake ! for the sun who scatter'd into flight. SOLO TENOR—Before the phantom ... Quartette—Come till the cup, and in the tire of spring. ..."

6. The Early Development of Planorbis by Samuel Jackson Holmes (1900)
"The Fourth Quartette. —The fourth quartette is produced by a ... The number of cells in the egg when the fourth quartette is formed is forty-nine. ..."

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