sestet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
  2. The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.

Pronunciation

/sɛsˈtɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sestet.wav

Word forms

sestet sestets

Etymology

From Italian sestetto, from sesto (“sixth”), Latin sextus, from sex (“six”).

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