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octuor

UK/ˈɒktjʊˌɔː/US/ˈɑktuoɹ/

octuor noun: synonym of octet (“a composition for eight instruments or voices”).

Noun

octuor (plural octuors)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of octet (“a composition for eight instruments or voices”).
    • The reasons why I composed this kind of music for an octuor of flute, clarinet, bassoons, trumpets and trombones, are the following:[…].1924 January, Igor Stravinsky, “Some Ideas About My Octuor”, in The Arts, volume V, number 1, New York, N.Y.: The Arts Publishing Corporation, page 5
    Synonyms:
    octet

Synonyms of octuor

Forms of octuor

pluraloctuors

Origin of octuor

Borrowed from French octuor.

Questions about octuor

What does octuor mean?
Octuor means synonym of octet (“a composition for eight instruments or voices”).
What part of speech is octuor?
Octuor is a noun.
How do you pronounce octuor?
Octuor is pronounced /ˈɒktjʊˌɔː/ (UK).
What is the plural of octuor?
The plural of octuor is octuors.

Words near octuor in the dictionary

  1. octulopyranosides
  2. octulose
  3. octuloses
  4. octulosonic acid
  5. octulosonic acids
  6. octuor
  7. octuors
  8. octuple
  9. octupled
  10. octuples
  11. octuplet

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