different between foursome vs quartet

English

Etymology

four +? -some

Pronunciation

Rhymes: awesome (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

foursome (plural foursomes)

1. A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.
2. A sex act between four people.

Synonyms

• (group of four): quaternion, tetrad; see also Thesaurus:quartet
• (sex act): fourgie

Derived terms

• foursome reel

Translations

See also

• threesome

English

Alternative forms

• quartette

Etymology

From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw??(?)?t?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

quartet (plural quartets)

1. (music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.

2. (music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.

3. (music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.

4. Any group of four, especially people.

   Synonyms: foursome, tetrad; see also Thesaurus:quartet

   • 2015, Tony Holmes, American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945

     The last of the quartet of American fighter pilots to join the RAF before the war was Cyril 'Pussy' Palmer, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in March 1918.

Translations

See also

• barbershop quartet

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kw???t?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kw?r?t?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kwa??tet/

Noun

quartet m (plural quartets)

1. quartet

Further reading

• “quartet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quartet” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “quartet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quartet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Noun

quartet m (plural quartets)

1. quartet