sextine
French, noun/sɛk.stin/
sextine is spelled S-E-X-T-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sextine is a French feminine noun meaning “sestina” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Stance de six vers blancs, dont les derniers mots reviennent à la fin des vers des sixains suivants, toujours…”.
What does sextine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesestina
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stance de six vers blancs, dont les derniers mots reviennent à la fin des vers des sixains suivants, toujours dans cet ordre : le dernier, le premier, l’avant-dernier, le second, le quatrième, le troisième.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sextine
- sextines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sextine?
- /sɛk.stin/
- \sɛk.stin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sextine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sextine in French?
sextine appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).