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six^¹

/sɪks/
/səks/ New Zealand

Sounds like sicks, sics · Rhymes with -ɪks

Where it comes from

PIE word

*swéḱs

From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.

number

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••). Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.

noun sixes

A group or set with six elements.
The digit or figure 6. how about 100 then? for 100, I wanted to pay homage to the people who have been using seximal this entire time. specifically, I used the word for six sixes found in the Ndom language, "nif".
A playing card featuring six pips.
A person who is six years old. The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.
Six o'clock. In Austria the prisoners rise at five, [...]. There are morning prayers at a quarter to six, after which the prisoners are conducted to work.
slang Rear, behind (rear side of something). cover my six
An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team. His century featured 12 sixes.
A touchdown.
North Wales A bathroom or toilet.
obsolete Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

Six^²

proper noun

UK, abbreviation Abbreviation of MI6 (intelligence service).
Similar: 6, MI6
A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: half dozen, sextuplet, sextet, hexad, vi, cardinal, sestet, sise, sixer, captain hicks, five, seven, eight, sixth, ten, dozen

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num cardinal number

Español	seis
한국어	여섯 yeoseot, 육 yuk, 식스 sikseu
日本語	六 roku, 六つ muttsu, ６ roku, シックス shikkusu
中文	六 liù
हिन्दी	छह chah, छः chaḥ
Kiswahili	sita
Português	seis, meia
Français	six
Deutsch	sechs
Italiano	sei
Ελληνικά	έξι éxi, ϛ΄, στ΄
Română	șase
Русский	шесть šestʹ, ше́стеро šéstero
Tiếng Việt	sáu
العربية	سِتَّة sitta
עברית	שֵׁשׁ shesh, שִׁשָּׁה, שישה shisha

noun set or group with six components

Ελληνικά	εξάδα exáda
Русский	шестёрка šestjórka

noun digit

Español	seis
日本語	六 roku, シックス shikkusu
中文	六 liù
हिन्दी	छह chah
Português	seis, meia dúzia, meia
Français	six
Deutsch	Sechs
Ελληνικά	έξι éxi
Română	șase
Русский	шестёрка šestjórka

noun cricket

हिन्दी	छक्का chakkā

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@misc{six_2026,
  title = {six},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/six},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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