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oc·tet

(ŏk-tĕt′)

1. Music

a. A composition for eight voices or eight instruments.

b. A group of eight singers or eight instrumentalists.

2. A group of eight: "A train of heavy wagons rumbled north on the Winnipeg Trail, drawn by octets of oxen" (Garrison Keillor).

3. See octave.

4. A set of eight valence electrons in an atom or ion, forming a stable configuration.

[Alteration (influenced by octo- duet) of Italian ottetto, from otto, eight, from Latin octō; see oktō(u) in Indo-European roots.]

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octet

(ɒkˈtɛt)

1. (Classical Music) any group of eight, esp eight singers or musicians

2. (Classical Music) a piece of music composed for such a group

3. (Poetry) prosody another word for octave²

4. (Chemistry) chem a group of eight electrons forming a stable shell in an atom

Also (for senses 1, 2, 3): octette

[C19: from Latin octo eight, on the model of duet]

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oc•tet

(ɒkˈtɛt)

n.

1. a company of eight singers or musicians.

2. a musical composition for eight voices or instruments.

3. octave (def. 3).

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Noun	1.	octet - the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one 8, eight, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, octonary, ogdoad, VIII digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	2.	octet - eight performers or singers who perform together octette musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
	3.	octet - a set of eight similar things considered as a unit octette set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
	4.	octet - eight people considered as a unit eightsome, octette assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
	5.	octet - a musical composition written for eight performers octette musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

Translations

oktet

Oktett

octuor octet

oktett

ottetto byte

oktetas

astoņrindeoktets

første åtte linjene i en sonett oktett

октет

okteto

oktetsekizli

八重奏

octet

octette [ɒkˈtet] N → octeto m

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octet

[ɒkˈtɛt] n → octuor m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

octet

n (Mus, Poet) → Oktett nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

octet

[ɒkˈtɛt] n → ottetto

octet

(okˈtet) noun

a group of eight musicians, eight lines in a poem etc.

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