SEXTET

sextet, sextette, sestet

(noun) a musical composition written for six performers

sextet, sextette, sixsome

(noun) six people considered as a unit

sextet, sextette, sestet

(noun) a set of six similar things considered as a unit

sextet, sextette, sestet

(noun) six performers or singers who perform together

six, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

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.

Synonyms

• hexad

Coordinate terms

• solo

• duo

• trio

• quartet

• quintet

• septet

• octet

• nonet

Anagrams

• e-texts, etexts

Source: Wiktionary


Sex*tet", Sex*tet"to, n. (Mus.)

Definition: See Sestet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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