sextet
[seks-
tet
]
/sɛksˈtɛt/
noun
1.
any group or set of six.
2.
Also,
sestet
.
Music.
a company of six singers or players.
a musical composition for six voices or instruments.
Also,
sextette
.
Origin
1835-45;
half-Latinized variant of
sestet
; see
sex-
Can be confused
sextant
,
sextet,
sexton
.
British Dictionary definitions for
sextet
sextet
/
sɛksˈtɛt
/
noun
1.
(
music
) a group of six singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group
2.
a group of six people or things
Word Origin
C19: variant of
sestet
, with Latinization of
ses-
Word Origin and History for
sextet
n.
1841, altered (by influence of German
Sextett
) from
sestet
.