sextet

English

Etymology

From French sextette, from Italian sestetto

Pronunciation

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

Coordinate terms

Translations

any group of six people

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

Romanian: sextet (ro) m
Spanish: sexteto m

composition for six voices or instruments

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 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

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