different between quartet vs quadrant

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

English

Alternative forms

• quadraunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadrantem, accusative singular of quadr?ns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kw?d?r?nt, IPA^(key): /?kw?d.??nt/

Noun

quadrant (plural quadrants)

1. One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
2. (mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
3. (geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
4. (nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
5. (college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.

Translations

See also

• octant
• sextant

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quadr?ns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kw??d?ant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kw??d?an/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kwa?d?ant/

Noun

quadrant m (plural quadrants)

1. quadrant

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin quadr?ns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Noun

quadrant m (plural quadrants)

1. quadrant

Further reading

• “quadrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

quadrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of quadr?