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sestet

/sɛsˈtɛt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
ses-tet
IPA
/sɛsˈtɛt/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.

noun

The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sestets (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

couplet tercet quatrain cinquain septet octave

Synonyms

sextet sextette six 6 vi sixer sise captain hicks half a dozen sextuplet hexad

Rhymes With

get let set yet working set met forget internet beat heat bet net

Questions

How do you pronounce sestet?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɛsˈtɛt/.
What does sestet mean?
A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
Where does sestet come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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