Is there a word (e.g., "dectet") for a ten-piece musical ensemble?

Question

From one to nine members, the words describing musical ensembles are: solo, duet, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet and nonet.

Following this pattern, I imagine the word for a ten-piece ensemble would be "dectet," but this doesn't seem to be widely used. Maybe you'd just call it a "ten-piece ensemble."

Or, perhaps it's just a "double quintet" or "dual quintet."

What do you think?

Answer 1

HHMMM... Good question!

Answer 2

Close.

A group of ten is a decatet, with an A between the C and T.

Then you have hendecatet (11), duodecatet (or dodecatet) (12), tredecatet (or triskaidekatet) (13), etc.

It's similar with polygons and polyhedrons (a dodecahedron has twelve faces, for example. A decahedron has ten sides, triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13, and so on.