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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
translation icon : 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

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
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
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

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.