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Vinony

septet

noun

  1. musical group that consists of 7 people
  2. a musical composition for seven instruments or voices
  3. a group or set of seven
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Pronunciation: /sɛpˈtɛt/

noun

Etymology: PIE word *septḿ̥ From Latin septem (“seven”).

  1. A group of seven, particularly

    “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.”

  2. A group of seven, particularly

    “[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?”

  3. A group of seven, particularly