'Septet' definitions:
Definition of 'septet'
From: WordNet
noun
The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one [syn: seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet, septenary]
noun
Seven performers or singers who perform together [syn: septet, septette]
noun
A set of seven similar things considered as a unit [syn: septet, septette]
noun
noun
A musical composition written for seven performers [syn: septet, septette]
Definition of 'Septet'
From: GCIDE
- Septet \Sep*tet"\, Septette \Sep*tette"\, n. [From L. septem seven, like duet, from L. duo.]
- 1. A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'septet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antistrophe,
- bipartisanship,
- book,
- burden,
- canto,
- chorus,
- coaction,
- coadjuvancy,
- coadministration,
- coagency,
- cochairmanship,
- codirectorship,
- collaboration,
- collaborativeness,
- collectivism,
- collusion,
- commensalism,
- common effort,
- common enterprise,
- communalism,
- communism,
- communitarianism,
- community,
- complicity,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordance,
- concurrence,
- cooperation,
- cooperativeness,
- couplet,
- distich,
- duet,
- duettino,
- duo,
- duumvirate,
- ecumenicalism,
- ecumenicism,
- ecumenism,
- ensemble music,
- ensemble singing,
- envoi,
- epode,
- esprit,
- esprit de corps,
- fellow feeling,
- fellowship,
- harmony,
- heptachord,
- heptad,
- heptagon,
- heptahedron,
- heptameter,
- heptarchy,
- heptastich,
- Heptateuch,
- hexastich,
- joining of forces,
- joint effort,
- joint operation,
- line,
- mass action,
- measure,
- monostich,
- morale,
- mutual assistance,
- mutualism,
- mutuality,
- octastich,
- octave,
- octet,
- ottava rima,
- part music,
- part singing,
- part song,
- pentastich,
- polyphonic music,
- pooling,
- pooling of resources,
- pulling together,
- quartet,
- quatrain,
- quintet,
- reciprocity,
- refrain,
- rhyme royal,
- septennate,
- septuor,
- sestet,
- seven,
- sevener,
- sextet,
- solidarity,
- Spenserian stanza,
- stanza,
- stave,
- strain,
- strophe,
- syllable,
- symbiosis,
- synergism,
- synergy,
- team spirit,
- teamwork,
- tercet,
- terza rima,
- terzet,
- terzetto,
- tetrastich,
- trio,
- triplet,
- tristich,
- triumvirate,
- troika,
- united action,
- verse,
- week