SEXTET


Meaning of SEXTET in English

/seks tet"/ , n.

1. any group or set of six.

2. Also, sestet . Music.

a. a company of six singers or players.

b. a musical composition for six voices or instruments.

Also, sextette .

[ 1835-45; half-Latinized var. of SESTET; see SEX- ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .