sextet
English edit
Etymology edit
From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.
Pronunciation edit
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Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixth Latinate ordinal: senary Adverbial: six times Multiplier: sixfold Latinate multiplier: sextuple Distributive: sextuply Group collective: half-dozen, sixsome Multipart 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 edit
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.
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any group of six people
composition for six voices or instruments
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group of six singers or instrumentalists
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Catalan edit
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Noun edit
sextet m (plural sextets)
Further reading edit
- “sextet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sextet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Romanian edit
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Noun edit
sextet n (plural sextete)
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Declension of sextet
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sextet | sextetul | (niște) sextete | sextetele |
genitive/dative | (unui) sextet | sextetului | (unor) sextete | sextetelor |
vocative | sextetule | sextetelor |