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Meaning of "sestett" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SESTETT

sɛsˈtɛt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SESTETT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sestett is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SESTETT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sestet

A sestet is the name given to the second division of an Italian sonnet, which must consist of an octave, of eight lines, succeeded by a sestet, of six lines. The first documented user of this poetical form was the Italian poet, Petrarch. In the usual course the rhymes are arranged abc abc, but this is not necessary. Early Italian sonnets, and in particular those of Dante, often close with the rhyme-arrangement abc cba; but in languages where the sonority of syllables is not so great as it is in Italian, it is incorrect to leave a period of five lines between one rhyme and another. In the quatorzain, there is, properly speaking, no sestet, but a quatrain followed by a couplet, as in the case of English Sonnets. Another form of sestet has only two rhymes, ab ab I ab; as is the case in Gray's famous sonnet On the Death of Richard West. The sestet should mark the turn of emotion in the sonnet; as a rule it may be said, that the octave having been more or less objective, in the sestet reflection should make its appearance, with a tendency to the subjective manner.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SESTETT

motet · octet · octette · quartet · quartette · quintet · quintette · septet · septette · sextet · sextett · sextette

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SESTETT

sessile · sessile oak · sessility · session · session musician · sessional · sessionally · sessions · sesspool · sesterce · sestertia · sestertium · sestertius · sestet · sestette · sestetto · sestina · sestine · seston

WORDS THAT END LIKE SESTETT

Bartlett · Beckett · Bennett · Blanchett · Buffett · Burnett · Corbett · Crockett · Fawcett · Garnett · Garrett · Hammett · Jarrett · Kabinett · kennett · klett · Lett · nett · Pratchett · sett

Synonyms and antonyms of sestett in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sestett» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SESTETT

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The translations of sestett from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sestett» in English.
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sestett
1,325 millions of speakers
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sestett
570 millions of speakers
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English

sestett
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

sestett
380 millions of speakers
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sestett
280 millions of speakers
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sestett
278 millions of speakers
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sestett
270 millions of speakers
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sestett
260 millions of speakers
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sestett
220 millions of speakers
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Sestett
190 millions of speakers
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sestett
180 millions of speakers
ja

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sestett
130 millions of speakers
ko

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sestett
85 millions of speakers
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Sestett
85 millions of speakers
vi

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sestett
80 millions of speakers
ta

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sestett
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सेटेस्ट
75 millions of speakers
tr

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sestett
70 millions of speakers
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sestett
65 millions of speakers
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sestett
50 millions of speakers
uk

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sestett
40 millions of speakers
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sestett
30 millions of speakers
el

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sestett
15 millions of speakers
af

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sestett
14 millions of speakers
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sestett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sestett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sestett

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SESTETT»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SESTETT»

Discover the use of sestett in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sestett and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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THE MUSICAL WORLD, A WEEKLY RECORD OF MUSICAL SCIENCE, ...
Ifallad, Pixis Ditto The Coronal. Collection of Songs by Mrs. A. Kerr Willis Ditto Ditto . Sestett in Mathilde de Shabrand, arranged for Harp and Piano-forte, with an ad lib. accompaniment for Flute and Violoncello Cram be . Sestett in Cenerentola ...
J. ALFRED NOVELLO, 1836
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The Musical world
Forde's Chamber Concerts for 2 Flutes and Piano-forte, 12 Books Cocks. Gtistave , Airs from, Flute and Piano-forte. Card Mori. Nllske's Souvenirs de I'Opera, 75 Airs for Guitar and Piano-forte Cocks. Overture to Faust. Spohr, as a Sestett Hill.
‎1836
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The Chambers Dictionary
sestet 1513 Ml [L sestertius two and a half, from semis half, and lenius third; sestertium, prob orig genitive pi for milk sestertium a thousand sesterces] sestet, sestett or sestette ses-tel', n a group of six; the last six lines of a sonnet; a composition ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
4
Some acrostic signatures of Francis Bacon
Begin to read from the initial T of the word ' Take ' ; to the right; upwards; throughout the whole of the sestett; using all the letters of all the words; and back again ; spelling TENEVNI NOOAB EINOHTNA, i. e. Anthonie Bacon Invenit, you will ...
W. Stone Booth
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: a new survey of universal knowledge
SESTETT, the name given to the second division of a sonnet, which must consist of an octave, of eight lines, succeeded by a sestett, of six lines. In the usual course the rhymes are arranged abc | abc, but this is not necessary. Early Italian  ...
Harry S. Ashmore, 1961
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The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
In the Established Church of Scotland this is usually styled the " Kirk-scssion." SESTETT, the name given to the second division of a sonnet, which must consist of an octave, of eight lines, succeeded by a sestett, of six lines. In the usual course ...
Hugh Chisholm, 1911
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Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
In the quatorzain, there is properly speaking no sestett, but a quatrain followed by a couplet, as in the case of Shakespeare's so-called “ Sonnets.” Another form of sestett has only two rhymes, ab | ab l ab; as is the case in Gray's famous sonnet ...
Hugh Chisholm, 1911
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William Sterndale Bennett: a descriptive thematic catalogue
'Ich konnte der Neugier nicht widerstehen und bat ihn [Rockstro] mir Ihr Sestett zu zeigen, auch noch vor der Herausgabe in Deutschland; da habe ich mich denn nun gar sehr daran gefreut, und danke Ihnen vielmals fur das Vergniigen das ...
Rosemary Williamson, 1996
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Martin Opitz:
Quartett wird also syntaktisch überspielt, während der zwischen Oktett und Sestett scharf betont wird. Der Inhalt des zweiten Gebets wie auch das Vorkommen einer dritten Imperativischen Anrede in der zehnten Zeile stellen allerdings einen ...
Barbara Becker-Cantarino, 1982
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge
The supreme court of Scotland is termed the "court of session." The name is also given in the Presbyterian Church to the lowest ecclesiastical court. SESTETT, the name given to the second division of a sonnet, which must consist of an octave, ...
‎1953

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SESTETT»

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Cagliari - Note di Resistenza
Alla serata parteciperà anche il chitarrista e cantante italo-arabo Marco Ammar, in duo con Mark Grace, e il Sandal Falastin Sestett di Cagliari. Recitazioni e ... «Il Pane e le Rose, Nov 14»
REFERENCE
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