sestet

S1E1S1T1E1T1
/sɛsˈtɛt/

noun

A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.

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Meanings

nounsestet (plural sestets)

plural sestets

  1. entertainmentA piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
  2. communicationsThe last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

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six6VIsixersiseCaptain Hickshalf a dozensextetsextuplethexad
Broader
digitfigure

nounsix performers or singers who perform together

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sextetsextette
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musical organizationmusical organisationmusical group

nouna set of six similar things considered as a unit

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sextetsextette
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set

nouna musical composition written for six performers

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sextetsextette
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musical compositionopuscomposition
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6half a dozenhexadsextetsextupletsisesixsixervi

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italiansestetto
  2. Englishsestet

From Italian sestetto, from sesto (“sixth”), Latin sextus, from sex (“six”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sestet

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Anagrams

tsetse
Cite this entry
APA

sestet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sestet

MLA

“sestet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sestet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sestet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sestet.

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