adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The Sistine chapel was built by Pope Sixtus IV.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Sistine
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪstiːn/
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General-American: /ˈsɪsˌtin/
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General-American: /sɪˈstin/
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rhymes with -ɪstin
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rhymes with -iːn
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homophone: cysteine (one pronunciation)
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homophone: cystine
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CMU ARPABET: S IH0 S T IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: S IH1 S T IY0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian sistino, from New Latin sixtīnus, from the Medieval Latin name Sixtus, from Latin Sextus.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: sixtinsk — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
- Dutch: sixtijns — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
- German: sixtinisch — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
- Irish: Sistíneach — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
- Italian: sistino — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
- Norwegian Bokmål: sixtinsk — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sixtinsk — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
- Polish: sykstyński — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
- Spanish: sixtino — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
- Swedish: sixtinsk — of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus
Real reading context