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septets

septets is the plural of septet.

Meaning of septet

Noun

septet (plural septets)

  1. A group of seven musicians.
    • The Lindsey Septet performs at Carnegie Hall this evening.
  2. 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
  3. A set of seven lines.

Questions about septets

What is septets the plural of?
Septets is the plural of septet.

Words near septets in the dictionary

  1. septentrional
  2. septentrionaline
  3. septentrions
  4. septenvigintillion
  5. septet
  6. septets
  7. septette
  8. septettes
  9. septfoil
  10. septfoils
  11. septi-

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