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sestet

/sɛsˈtɛt/

sestet noun: a piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.

Noun

sestet (plural sestets)

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

sestet meaning in Tamil

sestet in Tamil

அறுவர் கூட்டுககுரிய இசை

Forms of sestet

pluralsestets

Origin of sestet

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

Words that rhyme with sestet

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Questions about sestet

What does sestet mean?
Sestet means a piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
What is sestet in Tamil?
Sestet in Tamil is அறுவர் கூட்டுககுரிய இசை. See Sestet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sestet?
Sestet is a noun.
How do you pronounce sestet?
Sestet is pronounced /sɛsˈtɛt/.
What is the plural of sestet?
The plural of sestet is sestets.

Words near sestet in the dictionary

  1. sesterterpenyl
  2. sestertia
  3. sestertii
  4. sestertium
  5. sestertius
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  10. sestettes
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sestet (page history and authors); sestet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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