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octet

or oc·tette

[ ok-tet ]

noun

  1. a company of eight singers or musicians.
  2. a musical composition for eight voices or instruments.
  3. Prosody. octave ( def 4 ).
  4. any group of eight.


octet

/ ɒkˈtɛt /

noun

  1. any group of eight, esp eight singers or musicians
  2. a piece of music composed for such a group
  3. prosody another word for octave
  4. chem a group of eight electrons forming a stable shell in an atom
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of octet1

1860–65; oct- + -et, as in duet
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Word History and Origins

Origin of octet1

C19: from Latin octo eight, on the model of duet
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Example Sentences

In recent months, the Israeli press has been rife with speculation about how the octet would view a strike on Iran.

Later he wrote a new postlude, which is found among motivi for the Octet and the Trio in C minor.

The central sphere is also figured; the cigar follows its usual course, and its companions unite into a sextet and an octet.

Miss Edith Williams, the member of the octet who fainted on the stage, swooned again soon after she took the witness stand.

For her appearance in the Aero Octet Felicity received, at the beginning, forty-five.

As an additional piece, an arrangement of a movement from Schubert's Octet was conceded.

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