quartet

noun

quar·​tet kwȯr-ˈtet 

variants or less commonly quartette

1

: a musical composition for four instruments or voices

2

: a group or set of four

especially : the performers of a quartet

Examples of quartet in a Sentence

He is a member of a jazz quartet.

a string quartet by Beethoven

The author wrote a quartet of novels about the same character.

Recent Examples on the Web

The exact quartet of Office ladies also shared a heartwarming picture of their reunion over drinks and dinner in 2024. —Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026

For the single, the quartet of Jisoo, Jenny, Rosé, and Lisa enlisted an army of songwriters — TEDDY, Diplo, 24, Zikai, Claudia Valentina, Jumpa, Malachiii, and Jesse Bluu. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026

Also around this time, he and Cody were enlisted to write English lyrics for a new Swedish quartet calling themselves Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid. —Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026

The quartet will launch on a 10-day mission to fly in a single loop around the moon before returning to Earth. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing quartet

• barbershop quartet
• string quartet

Rhymes for quartet

• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• brevet
• briquette
• brunet
• brunette
• burette

Kids Definition

quartet

noun

quar·​tet

variants also quartette

kwȯr-ˈtet 

1

a

: a musical composition for four instruments or voices

b

: the performers of a quartet

2

: a group or set of four