sextet

A noun referring to a group or set of six people, things, or performers, or a musical composition written for six voices or instruments.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un groupe ou un ensemble de six personnes, objets ou interprètes, ou une œuvre musicale écrite pour six voix ou instruments.

1. Musical composition for six B2 formal art

   A piece of music written to be performed by six musicians or singers.

   • The composer wrote a beautiful sextet for strings.
   • The sextet was performed at the concert hall last night.
   • They rehearsed the sextet for weeks before the performance.

   🇫🇷Composition musicale pour six instruments ou voix

2. Group of six performers B2 formal art

   A group of six musicians or singers who perform together as an ensemble.

   • The jazz sextet played a lively set at the club.
   • She joined a vocal sextet that specializes in baroque music.
   • The sextet received a standing ovation for their performance.

   🇫🇷Sextuor (groupe de six interprètes)

   Synonymes: sextette

3. Set of six things B2 formal

   A collection or group of six similar items considered as a unit.

   • The artist created a sextet of paintings for the exhibition.
   • A sextet of novels forms the series.
   • The set includes a sextet of matching glasses.

   🇫🇷ensemble de six choses

   Synonymes: half-dozensixsixsome

4. Group of six people B2 formal

   Any group of six individuals considered together as a unit.

   • A sextet of friends went on a hiking trip together.
   • The committee was a sextet of experts from different fields.
   • The sextet of volunteers organized the charity event.

   🇫🇷Groupe de six personnes

   Synonymes: half-dozensextupletsixsixsome

5. The number six A2 formal

   The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.

   • A sextet is the same as the number six.
   • The dice showed a sextet of dots.
   • He counted a sextet of apples in the basket.

   🇫🇷Le nombre six

   Synonymes: half-dozensix

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