sextet

English

Etymology

From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛksˈtɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt

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

Related terms

sestet

Coordinate terms

Translations

any group of six people

Finnish: kuusikko (fi)
Italian: sestetto (it) m
Maori: tokoono

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

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

German: Sextett (de) n
Manx: shey m, sestet m
Romanian: sextet (ro)

Anagrams

e-texts, etexts

Catalan

Noun

sextet m (plural sextets)

(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.
“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.

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