septet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sɛpˈtɛt/
- (US) audio
Etymology
PIE word *septḿ̥ From Latin septem (“seven”).
Meanings
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A group of seven, particularly ▸ A group of seven musicians.
The Lindsey Septet performs at Carnegie Hall this evening.
The K-pop septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour.
2025 July 1, Maria Sherman, “BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour”, in Associated Press, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2026:
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A group of seven, particularly ▸ A composition for a group of seven musicians.
[W]hoso rhymes a sonnet pays a tax, / Who paints a landscape dips brush at his cost, / Who scores a septett true for strings and wind / Mulcted must be—else how should I impose / Properly, attitudinize aright, / Did such conflicting claims as these divert / Hohenstiel-Schwangau from observing me?
1871 December, Robert Browning, Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, page 124:
- A group of seven, particularly ▸ A set of seven lines.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| septets | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| septette | alternative | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
Relateds
Synonyms
septuplet · septuor · heptastich · heptad
Translations (9)
he שִׁבְעַת (group of seven) · it settimino (group of seven) · fi seitsikko (group of seven) · hu szeptett (musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices) · se čiežas (group of seven) · fi septetti (group of seven) · mi tokowhitu (group of seven) · sv septett (group of seven) · es septeto (group of seven)