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🎼 A music piece 🎤 A group of six 6️⃣ A set of six
sextette

sextette

7.5
A set of six similar things seen as one unit
  • noun
  • /sɛkˈtɛt/
  • UK
: sexteto
  • A sextette of brightly colored chairs surrounded the round table.

Examples

  • In the final scene, a sextette of dancers took the stage together.

  • The jazz band performed as a sextette for the first time last night.

  • The orchestra performed a beautiful sextette last night.

  • We need a sextette for our next concert.

  • A sextette of musicians played beautifully at the concert last night.

  • The artist displayed a sextette of paintings, each depicting a different season.

  • At the event, a sextette of singers harmonized perfectly on stage.

Synonyms

sextet
vssextette
1 6.0

A set of six things treated as one group

is less specific about members, covering any similar items
sestet
vssextette
  • Literature
1 9.4

Six lines in a poem that form one part, often the last lines of an Italian sonnet

is general for any group of six similar things rather than poetic lines
sextuplet
vssextette
1 5.2

A group of six similar things seen as one unit

is identical in meaning rather than having a different sense

Surface Forms

sextette singular
sextettes plural

Morphology

sextette = sextet (transparent) = sext + ette

Formed from the familiar base 'sextet' (six) with a French-derived diminutive/spelling variant '-ette', so the meaning 'set of six' is directly recoverable.

Etymology

Sextette comes from the Latin root sex- meaning 'six' and the ending -ette, which marks a small set, so it refers to any unit or group made up of six similar things.