septet

English

Alternative forms

• septette

Etymology

From Latin septem (“seven”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

septet (plural septets)

1. A group of seven, often a musical group of seven performers.

   The Lindsey Septet performs at Carnegie Hall this evening.

2. A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices.

Translations

group of seven

• Finnish: septetti (fi), seitsikko (fi)
• Italian: settimino m
• Maori: tokowhitu
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• Spanish: septeto (es) m
• Swedish: septett (sv) c

musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices

• Hungarian: szeptett
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See also

• couplet
• tercet
• quatrain
• cinquain
• sestet
• octave