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six.

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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num/sɪks//səks/New-Zealand

  1. A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).

Where this word 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.

noun/sɪks//səks/New-Zealand

  1. A group or set with six elements.

  2. The digit or figure 6.

  3. A playing card featuring six pips.

  4. A person who is six years old.

    The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.

  5. Six o'clock.

  6. Rear, behind (rear side of something).

    slang
    cover my six

  7. 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.

  8. A touchdown.

  9. A bathroom or toilet.

    North-Wales

  10. Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

    obsolete
Where this word 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.

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