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sixth

adj · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /sɪksθ/
  • [sɪkθ]
  • [sɪk(s)t̪]
  • [sɪks] common reduced form before a consonant
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  • rhymes with -ɪksθ
  • rhymes with -ɪkθ
  • homophone: (reduced form) six
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 K S TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

The ordinal form of the number six.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 6th, mul:VI, VIth

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The person or thing in the sixth position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One of six equal parts of a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mul:1⁄6

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To divide by six, equivalent to multiplying a denominator by six.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, nonstandard, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 6th

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interval, musical interval

8

noun

Meaning 8

one part in six equal parts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: one-sixth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: common fraction, simple fraction

9

noun

Meaning 9

position six in a countable series of things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rank

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

234 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sesde — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Albanian: gjashtë — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Southern Altai: алтынчы (altïnčï) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Arabic: سَادِس (sādis) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Arabic: سَادِسَة (sādisa) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Arabic: ساتت (sātit) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Armenian: վեցերորդ (vecʻerord) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Asturian: sestu — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Azerbaijani: altıncı — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Bashkir: алтынсы (altınsı) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Basque: seigarren — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Belarusian: шо́сты (šósty) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Bengali: ষষ্ঠ (śośṭho) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Breton: c'hwec'hvet — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Bulgarian: ше́сти (šésti) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Burmese: ဆဋ္ဌမ (hcathta.ma.) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Buryat: зургаадахи (zurgaadaxi) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ше́стый (šéstŷj) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Catalan: sisè — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Catalan: sext — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Cherokee: ᏑᏓᎵᏁᎢ (sudalinei) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第六 (dìliù) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Chuukese: awonuen — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Crimean Tatar: altıncı — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Czech: šestý — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Danish: sjette — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Dutch: zesde — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Esperanto: sesa — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Estonian: kuues — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Evenki: нюӈӣ (ņuŋī) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Faliscan: sexto — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Faroese: sætti — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Finnish: kuudes — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • French: sixième — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • French: six — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • North Frisian: seekst — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • North Frisian: sös — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Old Frisian: sexta — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • West-Frisian: sechste — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • West-Frisian: seisde — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Gagauz: altıncı — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Galician: sexto — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Georgian: მეექვსე (meekvse) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • German: sechste — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰 (saihsta) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Greek: έκτος (éktos) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Ancient Greek: ἕκτος (héktos) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Gujarati: છઠ્ઠું (chaṭhṭhũ) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Hawaiian: ono — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Hebrew: שישי (shishi) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Hindi: छठवां (chaṭhvā̃) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Hindi: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭh) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Hindi: छठा (chaṭhā) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Hungarian: hatodik — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Hunsrik: sechst — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Icelandic: sjötti — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Ido: sisesma — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Indonesian: keenam — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Ingrian: kuuvves — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Interlingua: sexte — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Irish: séú — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Italian: sesto — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Italian: sesto — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Italian: sesta — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Japanese: 六番目 (rokuban-me) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Kalmyk: зурһадгч (zurğadgç) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Kannada: ಆರನೇ (āranē) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Kazakh: алтыншы (altynşy) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Khakas: алтынӌы (altıncı) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Khalaj: altamıncı — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Khmer: ទីប្រាំមួយ (tii pram muəy) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Korean: 여섯째 (yeoseotjjae) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Central Kurdish: شەشەم (şeşem) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Kyrgyz: алтынчы (altıncı) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Lao: ທີ່ຫົກ (thī hok) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Latin: sextus — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Latvian: sestais — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Lithuanian: šeštas — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Macedonian: шести (šesti) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Malay: keenam — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Malayalam: ആറാം (āṟāṁ) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Malayalam: ആറാമത്തെ (āṟāmatte) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Maltese: is-sitt — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Manchu: ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠴᡳ (ningguci) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Manx: sheyoo — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Māori: tuaono — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Māori: te ono — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Middle English: sixte — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Mongolian: зургадугаар (zurgadugaar) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Mongolian: зургаадахь (zurgaadaxʹ) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Classical Nahuatl: ic chicuace — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Navajo: hastą́ą́ góneʼ — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Norwegian: sjette — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Occitan: seisen — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Old Church Slavonic: шестъ (šestŭ) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Old English: siexta — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: sesto — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: sexto — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Pali: chaṭṭha — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Pennsylvania German: sext — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Persian: ششم (šešom) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Polish: szósty — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Portuguese: sexto — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: ȟouto — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Romanian: șaselea — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Russian: шесто́й (šestój) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Northern Sami: guđát — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Skolt-Sami: kuuđad — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Samogitian: šešts — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Sanskrit: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Scots: saxt — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Scottish Gaelic: siathamh — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Serbo-Croatian: шести — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Serbo-Croatian: šesti — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Shor: алтынчы (altınçı) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Sinhalese: හයවෙනි (hayaweni) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Slovak: šiesty — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Slovene: šesti — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Lower Sorbian: šesty — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Upper Sorbian: šesty — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Spanish: sexto — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Spanish: seiseno — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Swahili: ya sita — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Swedish: sjätte — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Tagalog: ikaanim — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Tajik: шашум (šašum) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Tamil: ஆறாம் (āṟām) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Tamil: ஆறாவது (āṟāvatu) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Tatar: алтынчы (altınçı) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Thai: ที่หก (tîi-hòk) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Tocharian A: ṣkäṣt — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Tocharian B: ṣkaste — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Turkish: altıncı — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Turkmen: altynjy — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Ukrainian: шо́стий (šóstyj) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Urdu: چھٹواں (chaṭhvā̃) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Uzbek: oltinchi — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Vietnamese: thứ sáu — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Volapük: mälid — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Walloon: shijhinme — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Welsh: chweched — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Yakut: алтыс (altïs) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Yiddish: זעקסט (zekst) — ordinal form of the number six — see also 6th
  • Armenian: վեցերորդ (vecʻerord) — person or thing in sixth place
  • Basque: seigarren — person or thing in sixth place
  • Esperanto: sesa — person or thing in sixth place
  • Finnish: kuudes — person or thing in sixth place
  • French: sixième — person or thing in sixth place
  • German: Sechster — person or thing in sixth place
  • Hindi: छठा (chaṭhā) — person or thing in sixth place
  • Hungarian: hatodik — person or thing in sixth place
  • Interlingua: sexto — person or thing in sixth place
  • Interlingua: sexta — person or thing in sixth place
  • Irish: séú — person or thing in sixth place
  • Italian: sesto — person or thing in sixth place
  • Italian: sesta — person or thing in sixth place
  • Central Kurdish: شەشەم (şeşem) — person or thing in sixth place
  • Kyrgyz: алтынчы (altıncı) — person or thing in sixth place
  • Latgalian: sests — person or thing in sixth place
  • Latgalian: sesta — person or thing in sixth place
  • Latvian: sestais — person or thing in sixth place
  • Latvian: sestā — person or thing in sixth place
  • Lithuanian: šeštas — person or thing in sixth place
  • Lithuanian: šešta — person or thing in sixth place
  • Māori: tuaono — person or thing in sixth place
  • Polish: szósty — person or thing in sixth place
  • Portuguese: sexto — person or thing in sixth place
  • Portuguese: sexta — person or thing in sixth place
  • Romanian: al șaselea — person or thing in sixth place
  • Romanian: a șasea — person or thing in sixth place
  • Russian: шесто́й (šestój) — person or thing in sixth place
  • Slovene: šésti — person or thing in sixth place
  • Spanish: sexto — person or thing in sixth place
  • Swedish: sexa — person or thing in sixth place
  • Turkish: altıncı — person or thing in sixth place
  • Ukrainian: шостий (šostyj) — person or thing in sixth place
  • Welsh: chweched — person or thing in sixth place
  • Yoruba: kẹfa — person or thing in sixth place
  • Arabic: سُدْس (suds) — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Armenian: վեցերորդ (vecʻerord) — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Asturian: sestu — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Bulgarian: шеста (šesta) — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Catalan: sisè — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Catalan: sext — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Czech: šestina — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Danish: sjettedel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Esperanto: sesono — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Faroese: sættingur — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: kuudennes — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: kuudesosa — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • French: sixième — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Galician: sexto — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Georgian: მეექვსედი (meekvsedi) — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • German: Sechstel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Hawaiian: hapaono — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Hungarian: hatod — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Interlingua: sexto — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Italian: sesto — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Latin: sextans — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Latvian: sestā daļa — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Lithuanian: šeštadalis — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Māori: hauono — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seksdel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjettedel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seksdel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjettedel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Pennsylvania German: Sechsdel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Pennsylvania German: Sexdel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Persian: ششیک (šašyak, šešyek) — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Persian: ششک (šešak) — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Persian: ششیک (šeš-yek) — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Plautdietsch: Sastel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Portuguese: sexto — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Romanian: șesime — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Russian: шестая — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Skolt-Sami: kuuđõs — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Slovene: šestína — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Spanish: sexto — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Swedish: sjättedel — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Yiddish: זעקסטל (zekstl) — one of six equal parts of a whole
  • Afrikaans: sekst — interval
  • Catalan: sexta — interval
  • Czech: sexta — interval
  • Finnish: seksti — interval
  • German: Sexte — interval
  • Hungarian: szext — interval
  • Japanese: 六度 (rokudo) — interval
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sekst — interval
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sekst — interval
  • Polish: seksta — interval
  • Romanian: sextă — interval
  • Russian: се́кста (séksta) — interval
  • Slovene: seksta — interval
  • Finnish: jakaa kuudella — to divide by six
Real reading context

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