octet
French, noun/ɔk.tɛ/
octet is spelled O-C-T-E-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,843rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Octet is a French masculine noun meaning “byte (of eight bits), octet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Séquence de huit bits, permettant de représenter 256 valeurs ou combinaisons”.
What does octet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebyte (of eight bits), octet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Séquence de huit bits, permettant de représenter 256 valeurs ou combinaisons. 2. Unité de mesure de la quantité d’information numérique. Son symbole est o. 3. Groupe de huit électrons disposés à chaque sommet d'un cube, imaginé pour expliquer la valence. ^([1])
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of octet
- octets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce octet?
- /ɔk.tɛ/
- \ɔk.tɛ\
- [œ̃.n‿ok.t̪ɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to octet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is octet in French?
octet appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).