octuor

English edit

Noun edit

octuor (plural octuors)

(music, archaic) An octet.

French edit

Etymology edit

A blend of Latin octo ‘eight’ and a fictitious suffix -tuor, by analogy with Fr. quatuor ‘quartet’ — itself from Lat. quattuor ‘four’.

Pronunciation edit

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Rhymes: -ɥɔ

Noun edit

octuor m (plural octuors)

(chiefly music) octet

Further reading edit

“octuor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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