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nonet
Meaning: a musical group or composition written for nine performers
nonet in a sentence
How nonet is used in real sentences:
The composer wrote a nonet especially for the wind and string players in residence.
Because a nonet needs nine skilled musicians in one room, the small conservatory rarely attempts to perform one.
“The composer assigned each of nine performers a century of data, turning the resulting nonet into an acoustic climate record for opening night.”
— from the passage The Archive in Wood
Synonyms for nonet
Other words for nonet — nine-piece — carry the same meaning.
- nine-piece
Where it comes from
From Latin nonus 'ninth', modeled on 'quartet' and 'octet'
Memory hook
NON (nine, from Latin nonus) + ET — nine musicians together.