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sestette

sestette 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 sestette

pluralsestettes

Questions about sestette

What is sestette the archaic form of?
Sestette is the archaic form of sestet.

Words near sestette in the dictionary

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

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