sestet

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sestet

/sɛsˈtɛt/

Rhymes with -ɛt

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

noun sestets

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

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@misc{sestet_2026,
  title = {sestet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sestet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}