sestet

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛsˈtɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

sestet (plural sestets)

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

See also

• couplet
• tercet
• quatrain
• cinquain
• septet
• octave

Anagrams

• teests, testes, tsetse

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English sextet.

Noun

sestet m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. sextet

Synonyms

• shey

Mutation

Mutation of sestet

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sestet	hestet after "yn", testet	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.