sextet
English
Etymology
From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛksˈtɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
| ← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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| Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixth Abbreviated ordinal: 6th Latinate ordinal: senary Adverbial: six times Multiplier: sixfold Latinate multiplier: sextuple Distributive: sextuply Germanic collective: half-dozen, sixsome Collective of n parts: sextuplet, hextuplet Greek or Latinate collective: hexad Greek collective prefix: hexa- Latinate collective prefix: sexa- Fractional: sixth Elemental: sextuplet, hextuplet Greek prefix: hexa- Number of musicians: sextet Number of years: sexennium | ||
Noun
sextet (plural sextets)
- Any group of six people or things.
- (music) A composition for six voices or instruments.
- A group of six singers or instrumentalists.
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Translations
any group of six people
composition for six voices or instruments
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group of six singers or instrumentalists
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
sextet m (plural sextets)
Further reading
- “sextet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “sextet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “sextet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sextet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Sextett.
Noun
sextet n (plural sextete)