Quar-tēt' or Quar-tēt'te, n.
n. [It. quartetto, diminutive of quarto, the fourth, a fourth part, from Lat. quartus, the fourth, from quatuor, four; Fr. quatuor, a quartette.]
- (Mus.) (a.) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument. (b.) The set of four persons who perform a piece of music in four parts.
- (Poet.) A stanza of four lines.
- A small sofa.