different between triad vs quartet
triad
English
Etymology
From Latin triad-, stem of trias (“three, triad”), from Ancient Greek ????? (triás).
Sense 3 (“branch of a Chinese underground criminal society”) is due to the word being applied by the British authorities to underground society in Hong Kong based on the geometry of the Chinese character.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?a?.æd/
Noun
triad (plural triads)
- A grouping of three.
- Synonyms: threesome, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
- A word of three syllables.
- Synonym: trisyllable
- A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
- (electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
- (music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
Coordinate terms
- (group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, heptad, octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad
- (word of four syllables): quaternion
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- mafia
- tong
- yakuza
Further reading
- triad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- drait, iTard
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quartet
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)
- (music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
- (music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
- (music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.
- 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)
- 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)
- quartet
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