sestina

From Italian sestina.

sestina (plural sestinas)

1. (poetry) A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.
2. (music) A chord comprising the first six members of the harmonic series.

• sestine
• sextain

• Eastins, Saintes, Setians, Staines, entasis, nasties, tansies, tisanes

From sesto "sixth".

sestina f (plural sestine)

1. (poetry) A six-line stanza, sestet, sestina, sextain
2. (music) sextuplet

• sei

• assenti, assentì, intessa, issante, sensati