sixty

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sixty

/ˈsɪksti/ UK
/ˈsɪksti/ US

Rhymes with -ɪkstɪ, -ɪksti

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six + -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).

number

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60. […]the remaining three hundred and sixty words were then vetted with a battery of references. Six potential Mountweazels emerged.
Similar: threescore

noun sixties

A commercial lasting 60 seconds. […] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cardinal, lx, threescore, cetin, fifteen, seventy, six, sixteen, sixty-one, sixty-second, sixty-six, sixty-three, soixante, stein, thirty, three score

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num cardinal number

Español	sesenta
한국어	예순 yesun, 육십 yuksip
日本語	六十
中文	六十 liùshí
हिन्दी	साठ sāṭh
Kiswahili	sitini
Português	sessenta
Français	soixante
Deutsch	sechzig
Italiano	sessanta
Ελληνικά	εξήντα exínta
Română	șaizeci
Русский	шестьдеся́т šestʹdesját
Tiếng Việt	sáu mươi
العربية	سِتِّين sittīn, سِتُّون sittūn
עברית	שִׁשִּׁים shishím

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@misc{sixty_2026,
  title = {sixty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sixty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}