sextet

or sex·tette

[ seks-tet ]

/ sɛksˈtɛt /

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noun

any group or set of six.

Also sestet. Music.

a company of six singers or players.
a musical composition for six voices or instruments.

Nearby words

sextain, sextan, sextans, sextant, sextern, sextet, sextic, sextile, sextillion, sexting, sexto

Origin of sextet

1835–45; half-Latinized variant of sestet; see sex-

Can be confused

sextant sextet sexton

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Examples from the Web for sextet

They are an introduction, a chorus, and a septet, not a sextet as he said.
Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas|W. J. Henderson
The preliminary encounter was a mortifying experience for the sextet of overconfident youth.
The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen
In all, he and his sextet had captured nineteen prisoners and twenty horses.
Rebel Raider|H. Beam Piper
Sextet for two violins, two violas, and two violoncellos, in four movements.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky

As a sextet, there's no use denying that we are rather lovely to look at.
The Seven Darlings|Gouverneur Morris

British Dictionary definitions for sextet

sextet

sextette

/ (sɛksˈtɛt) /

noun

music a group of six singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group

a group of six people or things

Word Origin for sextet

C19: variant of sestet, with Latinization of ses-

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sextet

or sex·tette

noun

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sextet

sextette

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