English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “sestet”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for sestet is ses-tet, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
ses-tet
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result ses-tet The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordsestet
Hyphenationses-tet
Break points1
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationsɛsˈtɛt
Meaning & usage

What does “sestet” mean?

sestet: the last six lines of a sonnet.

Headwordsestet
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationsɛsˈtɛt
1
noun

the last six lines of a sonnet.

2
noun

a sextet.

Word breaks

How “sestet” is split

ses·tet

For US English, the hyphenation result is ses-tet. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “sestet”

How do you hyphenate “sestet”?

In the US-English result used here, sestet is hyphenated as ses-tet.

Where can “sestet” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “sestet” mean?

the last six lines of a sonnet.

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