sextet

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French sextette, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian sestetto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛksˈtɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

sextet (plural sextets)

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

Synonyms

1. hexad

Related terms

• sestet

Coordinate terms

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

Translations

any group of six people

• Finnish: kuusikko (fi)
• Italian: sestetto (it) m
• Maori: tokoono
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: sextet (ro) m
• Spanish: sexteto (es) m

composition for six voices or instruments

• Catalan: sextet m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 六重奏 (zh) (liùchóngzòu)

• Czech: sextet (cs) m
• Finnish: sekstetti (fi)
• French: sextuor (fr) m, sextette (fr) m
• German: Sextett (de) n
• Hungarian: szextett (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: sestetto (it) m
• Japanese: セクステット (sekusutetto), 六重奏 (rokujūsō), 六重唱 (rokujūshō)
• Korean: 섹스텟 (sekseutet), 육중주 (yukjungju), 육중창 (yukjungchang)
• Russian: сексте́т (ru) m (sɛkstét)
• Spanish: sexteto (es) m
• Swedish: sextett (sv) c

group of six singers or instrumentalists

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 六重唱 (zh)

• Czech: sexteto (cs) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Sextett (de) n
• Manx: shey m, sestet m
• Romanian: sextet (ro)

Anagrams

• e-texts, etexts

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Catalan

Noun

sextet m (plural sextets)

1. (music) sextet

Further reading

• “sextet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sextet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.