sextet
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛksˈtɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
| ← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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| Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixth Latinate ordinal: senary Adverbial: six times Multiplier: sixfold Latinate multiplier: sextuple Distributive: sextuply Collective: half-dozen, sixsome Multiuse collective: sextuplet, hextuplet Greek or Latinate collective: hexad Greek collective prefix: hexa- Latinate collective prefix: sexa- Fractional: sixth Latinate fractional prefix: sextant- Elemental: sextuplet, hextuplet Greek prefix: ecto- Number of musicians: sextet Number of years: sexennium | ||
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
Related terms
Translations
any group of six people
composition for six voices or instruments
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See also
Catalan
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, 2023
- “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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