sextette

A noun referring to a group or set of six people, performers, or things considered as a unit, or a musical composition written for six performers.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um grupo ou conjunto de seis pessoas, executantes ou itens considerados como uma unidade, ou uma composição musical escrita para seis executantes.

1. Group of six performers B2 formal art

   A group of six musicians or singers who perform together.

   • The jazz sextette played a lively set at the club.
   • She joined a vocal sextette that specializes in baroque music.
   • The sextette rehearsed for hours to perfect their harmony.

   🇵🇹Sexteto

   Sinônimos: sextet

2. Set of six items C1 formal

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

   • The artist created a sextette of paintings for the exhibition.
   • The collection includes a sextette of rare stamps.
   • A sextette of essays explores different aspects of the topic.

   🇵🇹Sexteto

   Sinônimos: sestetsextetsix

3. Group of six people C1 formal

   Six people considered together as a unit.

   • The sextette of friends met every year for a reunion.
   • A sextette of scientists collaborated on the research project.
   • The committee was reduced to a sextette after two members resigned.

   🇵🇹Grupo de seis

   Sinônimos: half-dozensextetsixsixsome

4. Musical composition for six B2 formal art

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

   • The composer's new sextette premiered at the concert hall.
   • They performed a beautiful sextette by Brahms.
   • The sextette features intricate interplay between the instruments.

   🇵🇹Sexteto

   Sinônimos: sextet

• sextettes plural form
• sextettes' possessive plural form
• sextette's possessive singular form