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sestett

sestett is the archaic form of sestet.

Meaning of sestet

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.

Forms of sestett

pluralsestetts

Questions about sestett

What is sestett the archaic form of?
Sestett is the archaic form of sestet.

Words near sestett in the dictionary

  1. sestertii
  2. sestertium
  3. sestertius
  4. sestet
  5. sestets
  6. sestett
  7. sestette
  8. sestettes
  9. sestetti
  10. sestetto
  11. sestettos

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