Sextet

//sɛksˈtɛt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any group of six people or things.
  2. 2
    a musical composition written for six performers wordnet
  3. 3
    A composition for six voices or instruments.
  4. 4
    six people considered as a unit wordnet
  5. 5
    A group of six singers or instrumentalists.
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  1. 6
    a set of six similar things considered as a unit wordnet
  2. 7
    six performers or singers who perform together wordnet
  3. 8
    the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one wordnet

Etymology

From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.

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