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sextet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /sɛksˈtɛt/

Etymology

From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.

Meanings

  1. Any group of six people or things.
  2. A composition for six voices or instruments.
  3. A group of six singers or instrumentalists.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sextett alternative, archaic lexicographic
sextets Number=Plur lexicographic
sextette alternative, archaic lexicographic

Coordinates

nonet · trio · octet · septet · quartet · duo · quintet · solo

Deriveds

antisextet

Relateds

sestet · number

Synonyms

hexad

Translations (35)

gv sestet (group of six singers or instrumentalists) · bg секстет (composition for six voices or instruments) · ro sextet (any group of six people) · fi sekstetti (composition for six voices or instruments) · cs sexteto (group of six singers or instrumentalists) · ja 六重奏 (composition for six voices or instruments) · bg секстет (group of six singers or instrumentalists) · tr altılı (composition for six voices or instruments) · ja 六重唱 (composition for six voices or instruments) · gv shey (group of six singers or instrumentalists) · es sexteto (any group of six people) · ja セクステット (composition for six voices or instruments) · cmn 六重奏 (composition for six voices or instruments) · it sestetto (any group of six people) · ko 육중주 (composition for six voices or instruments) · el εξάδα (any group of six people) · fr sextuor (composition for six voices or instruments) · se guđas (any group of six people) · ca sextet (composition for six voices or instruments) · hu szextett (composition for six voices or instruments) · cmn 六重唱 (group of six singers or instrumentalists) · it sestetto (composition for six voices or instruments) · ko 육중창 (composition for six voices or instruments) · de Sextett (composition for six voices or instruments) · cs sextet (composition for six voices or instruments) · fi kuusikko (any group of six people) · es sexteto (composition for six voices or instruments) · de Sextett (group of six singers or instrumentalists) · ru сексте́т (composition for six voices or instruments) · ro sextet (composition for six voices or instruments) · fr sextette (composition for six voices or instruments) · ko 섹스텟 (composition for six voices or instruments) · sv sextett (composition for six voices or instruments) · ro sextet (group of six singers or instrumentalists) · mi tokoono (any group of six people)