quatuor
French, noun/kwa.tɥɔʁ/
quatuor is spelled Q-U-A-T-U-O-R (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quatuor is a French masculine noun meaning “quartet (composition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de musique vocale ou instrumentale qui est à quatre parties, parfois quartette”.
What does quatuor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequartet (composition)
- 2
masculinequartet (group of musicians)
- 3
masculinefoursome
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de musique vocale ou instrumentale qui est à quatre parties, parfois quartette. 2. Ensemble des quatre chanteurs ou instrumentistes qui jouent les différentes parties d’un même morceau ; appelé quartette dans la musique de jazz. 3. Quatuor à cordes. 4. Instruments à cordes frottées de l’orchestre symphonique : violon, alto, violoncelle et contrebasse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quatuor
- quatuors plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quatuor?
- /kwa.tɥɔʁ/
- \kwa.tɥɔʁ\
- [kwa.tɥɔʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quatuor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quatuor in French?
quatuor appears 3.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).