sestet
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English
Etymology
From Italian sestetto, from sesto (“sixth”), Latin sextus, from sex (“six”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sestet (plural sestets)
- (music) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
- (poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
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Manx
Etymology
Noun
sestet m (genitive singular , plural )
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Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sestet | hestet after "yn", testet |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||