octeto
Portuguese, noun/okˈte.tu/
octeto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “music composition in eight parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “composição musical, própria para ser executada por oito vozes ou oito instrumentos”.
What does octeto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemusic composition in eight parts
- 2
masculineeight musicians who perform a piece of music together
- 3
masculinegroup of eight (things or people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. composição musical, própria para ser executada por oito vozes ou oito instrumentos 2. grupo de oito pessoas 3. conjunto de bites formado por oito dígitos binários adjacentes
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of octeto
- octetos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce octeto?
- Brazil /okˈte.tu/
- Portugal /ɔkˈte.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to octeto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is octeto in Portuguese?
octeto appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).