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octuor

/ˈɒktjʊˌɔː/ UK
/ˈɑktuoɹ/ US

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Borrowed from French octuor.

noun octuors

obsolete Synonym of octet (“a composition for eight instruments or voices”). The reasons why I composed this kind of music for an octuor of flute, clarinet, bassoons, trumpets and trombones, are the following:[…].
Similar: octet

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@misc{octuor_2026,
  title = {octuor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/octuor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}