sex‧tet /seksˈtet/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: sestet 'sextet' (19-21 centuries), from Italian sestetto, from Latin sextus 'sixth'; influenced by Latin sex 'six']
1. a group of six singers or musicians performing together
2. a piece of music for six performers:
Mozart’s sextet in B flat [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲