Meanings
plural septets · alternative septette
- A group of seven, particularly
- entertainmentA group of seven musicians.
The Lindsey Septet performs at Carnegie Hall this evening.
1 more example
The K-pop septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour.
2025 July 1, Maria Sherman, “BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour”, in Associated Press, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2026 - entertainmentA 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 - communicationsA set of seven lines.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
nounseven performers or singers who perform together
nouna musical composition written for seven performers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinseptem“seven”
- Englishseptet
PIE word *septḿ̥ From Latin septem (“seven”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish septetti, seitsikko
- septettigroup of seven
- seitsikkogroup of seven
Hebrew שִׁבְעַת
- שִׁבְעַת (Shiv'at)group of seven
Hungarian szeptett
- szeptettmusical composition for seven instruments or seven voices
Italian settimino
- settiminogroup of seven
Māori tokowhitu
- tokowhitugroup of seven
Spanish septeto
- septetogroup of seven
Swedish septett
- septettgroup of seven
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with septet
Cite this entry
septet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septet
“septet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “septet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septet.
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