sixth
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sixth
- /sɪksθ/
- [sɪkθ]
- [sɪk(s)t̪]
- [sɪks]
Sounds like (reduced form) six · Rhymes with -ɪksθ, -ɪkθ
Where it comes from
From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).
adjective sixt
noun sixths · sixt
- The person or thing in the sixth position.
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One of six equal parts of a whole.
On the moon, however the weight of a pound-mass (lb or lbm) is only about one sixth of a pound-force (lbf).
Similar: mul:⅙
- The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale; for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth.
verb sixths · sixthing · sixthed · sixt
- To divide by six, equivalent to multiplying a denominator by six. Why would anyone use sixthing when any (N − a²) divisible by 6 would also be divisible by 3? The answer is that sometimes the numerator and/or the denominator is simpler in sixthing,
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: one-sixth, ordinal, fifth, seventh, sixteenth, six, tenth, sixtieth, fourth, third, grade, thirty-sixth, ninety, submediant, vi, number six
Translations
Every language
adj ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
| Español | sexto, seiseno |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 여섯째 yeoseotjjae |
| 日本語 | 六番目 rokuban-me |
| 中文 | 第六 dìliù |
| हिन्दी | छठवां chaṭhvā̃, षष्ठ ṣaṣṭh, छठा chaṭhā |
| Kiswahili | ya sita |
| Português | sexto |
| Français | sixième, six |
| Deutsch | sechste |
| Italiano | sesto, sesta |
| Ελληνικά | έκτος éktos |
| Română | șaselea |
| Русский | шесто́й šestój |
| Tiếng Việt | thứ sáu |
| العربية | سَادِس sādis, سَادِسَة sādisa |
| עברית | שישי shishi |
noun person or thing in sixth place
| Español | sexto |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | छठा chaṭhā |
| Português | sexto, sexta |
| Français | sixième |
| Deutsch | Sechster |
| Italiano | sesto, sesta |
| Română | al șaselea, a șasea |
| Русский | шесто́й šestój |
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title = {sixth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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