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Meaning of "sextette" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SEXTETTE

sextette  [sɛksˈtɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEXTETTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sextette 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 SEXTETTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sextette

Sextette is a 1978 American comedy/musical motion picture released by Crown International Pictures. The film stars Mae West. Other actors in the cast included Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper and Walter Pidgeon. Directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Daniel Briggs, Robert Sullivan and Harry Weiss for the production company Briggs and Sullivan, the script was dramatized for the screen, by Herbert Baker, from the play Sex, which West herself had originally written. Costumes were designed by Edith Head. Filmed at Paramount Studios, Sextette was Mae West's final movie. Featured were cameos by Rona Barrett, Regis Philbin and George Raft, all of whom appeared as themselves. West had made her movie debut in Raft's Night After Night.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEXTETTE


motet
məʊˈtɛt
octet
ɒkˈtɛt
octette
ɒkˈtɛt
quartet
kwɔːˈtɛt
quartette
kwɔːˈtɛt
quintet
kwɪnˈtɛt
quintette
kwɪnˈtɛt
septet
sɛpˈtɛt
septette
sɛpˈtɛt
sestett
sɛsˈtɛt
sextet
sɛksˈtɛt
sextett
sɛksˈtɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEXTETTE

sext
sextain
sextan
Sextans
sextant
sextantal
Sextantis
sextarius
sextet
sextett
sextile
sextillion
sextillionth
sexto
sextodecimo
sextolet
sexton
sextoness
sextonship
sextuor

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEXTETTE

bachelorette
brunette
cassette
cigarette
Colette
corvette
dinette
etiquette
flatette
gazette
jeanette
kitchenette
Lafayette
palette
roulette
sestette
silhouette
toilette
vedette
vignette

Synonyms and antonyms of sextette in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sextette» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEXTETTE

Find out the translation of sextette to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sextette from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sextette» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sextette
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sextette
570 millions of speakers

English

sextette
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sextette
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sextette
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Sextette
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sextette
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sextette
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sextette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sextette
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sextett
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sextette
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

육중 창주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sextette
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có sáu thứ đàn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sextette
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गावठी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

altı sesli parça
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sextette
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sekstet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Sextette
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Sextet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sextette
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sextet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sextette
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sextette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sextette

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEXTETTE»

The term «sextette» is normally little used and occupies the 111.009 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEXTETTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sextette

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEXTETTE»

Discover the use of sextette in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sextette and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Vampire Sextette
Six pulse-pounding tales. Original novellas by the modern masters of vampire fiction: NANCY COLLINS TANITH LEE KIM NEWMAN S.P. SOMTOW BRIAN STABLEFORD CHELSEA QUINN YARBRO
Marvin Kaye, 2002
2
Sextette
Typescript of play.
Mae West, Frances Hope, Joseph Buloff Jewish Theatre Archive
3
That Moaning Saxophone : The Six Brown Brothers and the ...
The Saxo Sextette is one of a number of groups pictured in a full-page ad for the music publisher Jerome H. Remick, all endorsing various new Remick songs. Personnel is given as the “Four Markwith Bros., Meade and Lewis,” and Billy, ...
Bruce Vermazen, 2004
4
Mae West: An Icon in Black and White
Sextette's promotional campaign, insisted that Mae West was the reason he survived. "That ladv is still making them laugh," he told a reporter. "And the world could use a good loke."'2 In March 1977, after more than tw elve arduous weeks of ...
Jill Watts, 2001
5
School of Music, Theatre & Dance (University of Michigan) ...
9:00 Dearborn Male Quartet 9:10 East Dearborn Junior High Triple Trio (Girls) 9: 20 Birmingham Baldwin Girls' Ensemble 9:30 Royal Oak Girls' Sextette 9:40 Royal Oak Mixed Ensemble 9:50 Centerline Girls' Sextette 10:00 Centerline Boys ' ...
University of Michigan. School of Music, Theatre & Dance, 1945
6
The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas
(Sung in Italian except as noted) ACT II SEXTETTE— CHI MI FRENA (What Restrains Me) TETRAZZINI, CARUSO, AMATO, JOURNET, JACOBY and BADA ' 96201 12-in., 32.50 GALLI-CURCI, EGENER, CARUSO, DE LUCA, JOURNET and ...
Samuel Holland-Rous, 2009
7
She Always Knew How: Mae West, A Personal Biography
Archivist and film historian Marvin Paige was the casting director on Sextette. “We thought it would be a good idea to have George Raft in Sextette because he'd been the star of her first film, Night After Night, and this was pretty certain to be ...
Charlotte Chandler, 2012
8
Music in the Chautauqua Movement: From 1874 to the 1930s
52 Of the many instances in which a Kryl organization disappointed a chautauqua or lyceum audience, the 1919 incarnation of the Kryl Saxophone Sextette is likely the most significant. In a letter to Kryl dated October 2, 1919, Keith Vawter ...
Paige Lush, 2013
9
The Eternal Flapper
Theatergoers will forever remember the famous sextette. The sextette all became famous in their own right, as they were the original gold diggers, each one married into wealth. Edna played Lady Holyrood and was not one of the sextette.
Jim Alessio, 2009
10
Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre
The epitome of turn-of-the-century musical comedy, Florodora became the rage of both London and NY partly because of the fame of the dainty Florodora Sextette and their song, "Tell Me Pretty Maiden." Florodora was not the name of the 130 ...
Stanley Green, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEXTETTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sextette is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Symphonic Band to play 'Musical Stage' on July 29
Flutists Joan Perry and Marla Hoffman will be featured in “The Flower Duet” from Lakmé, and a brass ensemble will play the beautiful Sextette from “Lucia di ... «Fond du Lac Reporter, Jul 15»
2
HISTORY: LBJ calls up reserves to Vietnam
The stadium proved a fine auditorium for the Boston Symphony Sextette and for Dr. James S. Montgomery, speaker for the evening. A chamber of commerce ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jul 15»
3
La Boule Arédienne qualifiée pour le National à Châteauroux
La sextette victorieuse est celle de la Boule Arédienne composée de Bernard Dupuy, Jean-Claude Château, Mireille Vallageas, Adèle Château, Corinne ... «lepopulaire.fr, Jul 15»
4
Komisches und Sextette bei den Hoffestspielen
Max-Reinhardt-Seminaristen gestalten einen unterhaltsamen Abend mit den Tschechow-Werken „Über die Schädlichkeit des Tabaks“ und „Der Heiratsantrag“ ... «Tips - Total Regional, Jul 15»
5
Actress June Fairchild dies at 68
... films such as Rock Hudson's Pretty Maids All in a Row, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot with Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges, and Mae West's final big film, Sextette. «Philly.com, Feb 15»
6
Johannes Brahms Sextett B-Dur Offene Zweierbeziehungen
Das weitgehend unbeackerte Feld des Sextettes war frei von Ballast, zudem bot die Kombination von sechs Streichinstrumenten eine Textur, die an Brahms Ohr ... «Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sep 14»
7
Colours of Ostrava, c'est pas de la petite bière
Sextette basé à Denver, dans le Colorado, Slim Cessna's Auto Club compte deux chanteurs prédicateurs, l'un glabre et émacié, l'autre barbu. (Photo DR). «Libération, Jul 14»
8
Bette Midler As Mae West: Five Reasons To Be Excited
She returned to movies in the 1970s still cluelessly pushing the same sexy act on audiences with two lurid camp classics, Myra Breckinridge and Sextette, before ... «Queerty, Dec 13»
9
'Mary Poppins' Choreographer Marc Breaux Dies at 89
Breaux also worked on Huckleberry Finn (1974), The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) and Mae West's final film, Sextette (1978), before ... «Hollywood Reporter, Nov 13»
10
Famed Casting Director Marvin Paige Succumbs To Injuries From …
His film credits included the movies “Terminal Island,” “The Man Next Door,” Mae West's “Sextette” and the Woody Allen flicks “Take the Money and Run” and ... «CBS Local, Nov 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sextette [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sextette>. Apr 2024 ».
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