Meanings
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nouna musical composition written for six performers
nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
nounsix performers or singers who perform together
Broader
musical organizationmusical organisationmusical group
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Italiansestetto
- Frenchsextette
- Englishsextet
From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.
More words from French, Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian секстет, секстет
- секстет (sekstet)composition for six voices or instruments
- секстет (sekstet)group of six singers or instrumentalists
Catalan sextet
- sextetcomposition for six voices or instruments
Chinese Mandarin 六重奏, 六重唱
- 六重奏 (liùchóngzòu)composition for six voices or instruments
- 六重唱group of six singers or instrumentalists
Czech sextet, sexteto
- sextetcomposition for six voices or instruments
- sextetogroup of six singers or instrumentalists
Finnish kuusikko, sekstetti
- kuusikkoany group of six people
- sekstetticomposition for six voices or instruments
French sextuor, sextette
- sextuorcomposition for six voices or instruments
- sextettecomposition for six voices or instruments
German Sextett, Sextett
- Sextettcomposition for six voices or instruments
- Sextettgroup of six singers or instrumentalists
Greek εξάδα
- εξάδα (exáda)any group of six people
Hungarian szextett
- szextettcomposition for six voices or instruments
Italian sestetto, sestetto
- sestettoany group of six people
- sestettocomposition for six voices or instruments
Japanese セクステット, 六重奏
- セクステット (sekusutetto)composition for six voices or instruments
- 六重奏 (rokujūsō)composition for six voices or instruments
- 六重唱 (rokujūshō)composition for six voices or instruments
Korean 섹스텟, 육중주
- 섹스텟 (sekseutet)composition for six voices or instruments
- 육중주 (yukjungju)composition for six voices or instruments
- 육중창 (yukjungchang)composition for six voices or instruments
Māori tokoono
- tokoonoany group of six people
Romanian sextet, sextet
- sextetany group of six people
- sextetcomposition for six voices or instruments
- sextetgroup of six singers or instrumentalists
Russian сексте́т
- сексте́т (sɛkstét)composition for six voices or instruments
Spanish sexteto, sexteto
- sextetoany group of six people
- sextetocomposition for six voices or instruments
Swedish sextett
- sextettcomposition for six voices or instruments
Turkish altılı
- altılıcomposition for six voices or instruments
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sextet
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APA
sextet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextet
MLA
“sextet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sextet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextet.
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