sextet
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English
Etymology
From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.
Pronunciation
| ← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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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Translations
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
Pronunciation
Noun
sextet m (plural sextets)
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
Noun
sextet n (plural sextete)
Declension
Declension of sextet
| singular | plural | |||
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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 | ||