sixth

Noun · Adjective
US[siksth]/sɪksθ/1 syllable
Synonyms: one-sixth6th

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in positionSynonyms: 6thOpposite cardinalSimilar ordinal

Noun (3)

  1. position six in a countable series of thingsType of rank
  2. one part in six equal partsSynonyms: one-sixthType of common fraction, simple fraction
  3. the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from itType of interval, musical interval
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Translations

Adjective ordinal form of the number six

Spanish
sexto
French
sixième
German
sechste
Italian
sesto
Portuguese
sexto
Turkish
altıncı
Russian
шесто́й šestój
Arabic
سَادِس sādis
Chinese
第六 dìliù
Japanese
六番目 rokuban-me
35 more languages
Dutch
zesde
Polish
szósty
Swedish
sjätte
Greek
έκτος éktos
Korean
여섯째 yeoseotjjae
Indonesian
keenam
Vietnamese
thứ sáu
Hungarian
hatodik
Portuguese (PT)
sexto
Chinese (Trad.)
第六 dìliù
Albanian
i gjashtë
Catalan
sisè
Czech
šestý
Danish
sjette
Esperanto
sesa
Estonian
kuues
Finnish
kuudes
Georgian
მეექვსე meekvse
Hebrew
שישי shishi
Icelandic
sjötti
Kurdish
şeşem
Latvian
sestais
Lithuanian
šeštas
Malagasy
fahenina
Norwegian
sjette
Romanian
al șaselea
Scottish Gaelic
siathamh
Serbo-Croatian
šesti
Slovak
šiesty
Slovenian
šesti
Swahili
ya sita
Walloon
shijhinme
Yiddish
זעקסט zekst

Noun one of six equal parts of a whole

Spanish
sexto
French
sixième
German
Sechstel
Italian
sesto
Portuguese
sexto
Russian
шеста́я часть šestája častʹ
Arabic
سُدْس suds
Swedish
sjättedel
Hungarian
hatod
Portuguese (PT)
sexto
8 more languages
Catalan
sisè
Esperanto
sesono
Finnish
kuudennes
Georgian
მეექვსედი meekvsedi
Norwegian
seksdel
Romanian
șesime
Yiddish
זעקסטל zekstl

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Sixth adjective

Origin: From Six: cf. AS. sixta, siexta.

1. First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.

2. Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.


Sixth noun

1. The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.

2. The next in order after the fifth.

3. Music The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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