different between quintet vs octet

English

Alternative forms

• quintette

Etymology

From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to qu?nque (“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?n?t?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

quintet (plural quintets)

1. (music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
2. (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
3. Any group of five members

Synonyms

• (group of five): pentad; see also Thesaurus:quintet

Translations

See also

• duo
• trio or triplet
• quartet
• sextet
• septet
• octet
• nonet
• chamber ensemble
• chamber orchestra

English

Alternative forms

• octett, octette (rare)

Etymology

From Latin octo (“eight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?t?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

octet (plural octets)

1. A group or set of eight of something.

   Synonyms: octad, octonary, (chiefly Greek and Egyptian contexts) ogdoad, (particularly babies) octuplet, (8-day week) nundine

2. (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.

3. (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
4. (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o

   Synonym: byte

5. (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.

Derived terms

• octet rule

Related terms

• octa-
• octuple

Translations

See also

• duet
• nonet
• quartet
• quintet
• septet
• sextet
• solo
• trio

Further reading

• octet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “octet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• tecto-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.t?/

Noun

octet m (plural octets)

1. (computing) byte (of eight bits), octet

Synonyms

• o (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “octet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ok?tet/

Noun

octet m (plural octe?i)

1. (computing) byte (of eight bits)

Synonyms

• byte

Further reading

• octet in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)