noun
Meaning 1
Any group of six people or things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sextet
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/sɛksˈtɛt/
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rhymes with -ɛt
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noun
Meaning 2
A composition for six voices or instruments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A group of six singers or instrumentalists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a musical composition written for six performers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sextette, sestet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
noun
Meaning 5
six people considered as a unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sextette, sixsome
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gathering, assemblage
noun
Meaning 6
a set of six similar things considered as a unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sextette, sestet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: set
noun
Meaning 7
six performers or singers who perform together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sextette, sestet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
noun
Meaning 8
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sestet, sextuplet, hexad
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
History
Etymology
From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kuusikko — any group of six people
- Greek: εξάδα (exáda) — any group of six people
- Italian: sestetto — any group of six people
- Māori: tokoono — any group of six people
- Romanian: sextet — any group of six people
- Northern Sami: guđas — any group of six people
- Spanish: sexteto — any group of six people
- Bulgarian: секстет (sekstet) — composition for six voices or instruments
- Catalan: sextet — composition for six voices or instruments
- Chinese Mandarin: 六重奏 (liùchóngzòu) — composition for six voices or instruments
- Czech: sextet — composition for six voices or instruments
- Finnish: sekstetti — composition for six voices or instruments
- French: sextuor — composition for six voices or instruments
- French: sextette — composition for six voices or instruments
- German: Sextett — composition for six voices or instruments
- Hungarian: szextett — composition for six voices or instruments
- Italian: sestetto — composition for six voices or instruments
- Japanese: セクステット (sekusutetto) — composition for six voices or instruments
- Japanese: 六重奏 (rokujūsō) — composition for six voices or instruments
- Japanese: 六重唱 (rokujūshō) — composition for six voices or instruments
- Korean: 섹스텟 (sekseutet) — composition for six voices or instruments
- Korean: 육중주 (yukjungju) — composition for six voices or instruments
- Korean: 육중창 (yukjungchang) — composition for six voices or instruments
- Romanian: sextet — composition for six voices or instruments
- Russian: сексте́т (sɛkstét) — composition for six voices or instruments
- Spanish: sexteto — composition for six voices or instruments
- Swedish: sextett — composition for six voices or instruments
- Turkish: altılı — composition for six voices or instruments
- Bulgarian: секстет (sekstet) — group of six singers or instrumentalists
- Chinese Mandarin: 六重唱 — group of six singers or instrumentalists
- Czech: sexteto — group of six singers or instrumentalists
- German: Sextett — group of six singers or instrumentalists
- Manx: shey — group of six singers or instrumentalists
- Manx: sestet — group of six singers or instrumentalists
- Romanian: sextet — group of six singers or instrumentalists
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