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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.
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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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