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sixth.

The ordinal form of the number six.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/sɪksθ/[sɪkθ][sɪk(s)t̪][sɪks]
  1. The ordinal form of the number six.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).

noun/sɪksθ/[sɪkθ][sɪk(s)t̪][sɪks]
  1. The person or thing in the sixth position.

  2. One of six equal parts of a whole.

  3. 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.

Where this word comes from

From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).

verb/sɪksθ/[sɪkθ][sɪk(s)t̪][sɪks]
  1. To divide by six, equivalent to multiplying a denominator by six.

    informal · nonstandard · rare
Where this word comes from

From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).

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