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sixty

noun · num · 4 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪksti/
  • General-American: sĭksʹtē
  • General-American: /ˈsɪksti/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪkstɪ
  • rhymes with -ɪksti
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 K S T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A commercial lasting 60 seconds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

num

Meaning 2

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: threescore

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

being ten more than fifty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 60, lx, threescore

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 60, LX

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six + -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).

Across languages

Translations

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sestig — cardinal number
  • Albanian: gjashtëdhjetë — cardinal number
  • Southern Altai: алтан (altan) — cardinal number
  • Amharic: ሥልሳ (śəlsa) — cardinal number
  • Amharic: ስልሳ (səlsa) — cardinal number
  • Amharic: ፷) — cardinal number
  • Arabic: سِتِّين (sittīn) — cardinal number
  • Arabic: سِتُّون (sittūn) — cardinal number
  • Arabic: ستين (sittīn) — cardinal number
  • Armenian: վաթսուն (vatʻsun) — cardinal number
  • Aromanian: shaidzãts — cardinal number
  • Aromanian: shaidzãtsi — cardinal number
  • Assamese: ষাঠি (xathi) — cardinal number
  • Asturian: sesenta — cardinal number
  • Avar: лъабкъого (lsabqxʼogo) — cardinal number
  • Azerbaijani: altmış — cardinal number
  • Bactrian: χοατο (khoato) — cardinal number
  • Bashkir: алтмыш (altmış) — cardinal number
  • Basque: hirurogei — cardinal number
  • Belarusian: шэ́сцьдзесят (šéscʹdzjesjat) — cardinal number
  • Bengali: ষাট (śaṭ) — cardinal number
  • Central Bikol: anom na pulo — cardinal number
  • Breton: tri-ugent — cardinal number
  • Bulgarian: шестдесе́т (šestdesét) — cardinal number
  • Burmese: ခြောက်ဆယ် (hkraukhcai) — cardinal number
  • Carpathian Rusyn: шістдеся́ть (šistdesjátʹ) — cardinal number
  • Catalan: seixanta — cardinal number
  • Cebuano: kan-oman — cardinal number
  • Chechen: кхузткъа (quztqʼa) — cardinal number
  • Cherokee: ᏑᏓᎵᏍᎪᎯ (sudalisgohi) — cardinal number
  • Chichewa: makumi asanu n'limodzi — cardinal number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 六十 (liùshí) — cardinal number
  • Wu Chinese: 六十 (8loq-zeq) — cardinal number
  • Chuukese: wone — cardinal number
  • Chuvash: утмӑл (utmăl) — cardinal number
  • Crimean Tatar: altmış — cardinal number
  • Czech: šedesát — cardinal number
  • Danish: tres — cardinal number
  • Danish: seksti — cardinal number
  • Dhivehi: ހަށްޓި (haṣ̊ṭi) — cardinal number
  • Dhivehi: ފަސްދޮޅަސް (fasdoḷas) — cardinal number
  • Central Dusun: onom nohopod — cardinal number
  • Dutch: zestig — cardinal number
  • Dzongkha: དྲུག་ཅུ — cardinal number
  • Esperanto: sesdek — cardinal number
  • Estonian: kuuskümmend — cardinal number
  • Farefare: pisyoobɩ — cardinal number
  • Fijian: onosagavulu — cardinal number
  • Finnish: kuusikymmentä — cardinal number
  • French: soixante — cardinal number
  • West-Frisian: sechstich — cardinal number
  • Friulian: sessante — cardinal number
  • Galician: sesenta — cardinal number
  • Georgian: სამოცი (samoci) — cardinal number
  • German: sechzig — cardinal number
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (saihs tigjus) — cardinal number
  • Greek: εξήντα (exínta) — cardinal number
  • Ancient Greek: ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta) — cardinal number
  • Ancient Greek: ξ ́ — cardinal number
  • Haitian Creole: swasant — cardinal number
  • Hausa: sìttin — cardinal number
  • Hawaiian: kanaono — cardinal number
  • Hawaiian Creole: sixty — cardinal number
  • Hebrew: שִׁשִּׁים (shishím) — cardinal number
  • Hiligaynon: kan-uman — cardinal number
  • Hindi: साठ (sāṭh) — cardinal number
  • Hungarian: hatvan — cardinal number
  • Icelandic: sextíu — cardinal number
  • Ido: sisadek — cardinal number
  • Ilocano: innem a pulo — cardinal number
  • Indonesian: enam puluh — cardinal number
  • Ingrian: kuuskymment — cardinal number
  • Interlingua: sexanta — cardinal number
  • Irish: seasca — cardinal number
  • Italian: sessanta — cardinal number
  • Japanese: 六十 — cardinal number
  • Javanese: sawidak — cardinal number
  • Kapampangan: anam a pulu — cardinal number
  • Karachay-Balkar: алтмыш (altmış) — cardinal number
  • Kazakh: алпыс (alpys) — cardinal number
  • Khakas: алтон (alton) — cardinal number
  • Khalaj: altmış — cardinal number
  • Khmer: ហុកសិប (hok səp) — cardinal number
  • Komi-Permyak: кватьдас (kvaťdas) — cardinal number
  • Korean: 예순 (yesun) — cardinal number
  • Korean: 륙십 (ryuksip) — cardinal number
  • Korean: 육십 (yuksip) — cardinal number
  • Kumyk: алтмыш (altmış) — cardinal number
  • Central Kurdish: شەست (şest) — cardinal number
  • Kyrgyz: алтымыш (altımış) — cardinal number
  • Ladin: sessanta — cardinal number
  • Ladino: סיסינטה — cardinal number
  • Ladino: sesenta — cardinal number
  • Lakota: wikčémna šákpe — cardinal number
  • Lao: ຫົກສິບ (hok sip) — cardinal number
  • Latin: sexaginta — cardinal number
  • Latvian: sešdesmit — cardinal number
  • Ligurian: sciûscianta — cardinal number
  • Lithuanian: šešiasdešimt — cardinal number
  • Livonian: kūžkimdõ — cardinal number
  • Louisiana Creole: swasant — cardinal number
  • Luxembourgish: siechzeg — cardinal number
  • Macedonian: ше́есет (šéeset) — cardinal number
  • Malay: enam puluh — cardinal number
  • Malayalam: അറുപത് (aṟupatŭ) — cardinal number
  • Maltese: sittin — cardinal number
  • Manchu: ᠨᡳᠨᠵᡠ (ninju) — cardinal number
  • Manx: tree feed — cardinal number
  • Māori: ono ngahuru — cardinal number
  • Māori: ono tekau — cardinal number
  • Marathi: साठ (sāṭh) — cardinal number
  • Middle English: sixty — cardinal number
  • Mokilese: woneijek — cardinal number
  • Mongolian: жар (žar) — cardinal number
  • Nauruan: añama — cardinal number
  • Navajo: hastą́diin — cardinal number
  • Norman: sessànte — cardinal number
  • Norman: souaixante — cardinal number
  • Norwegian: seksti — cardinal number
  • Occitan: seissanta — cardinal number
  • Ojibwe: ningodwaasimidana — cardinal number
  • Old Church Slavonic: шесть десѧтъ (šestĭ desętŭ) — cardinal number
  • Old English: sixtiġ — cardinal number
  • Old Turkic: 𐰞𐱄𐰢𐱀 — cardinal number
  • Oromo: jaatama — cardinal number
  • Pannonian Rusyn: шейдзешат (šejdzešat) — cardinal number
  • Pashto: شپېته (špetë) — cardinal number
  • Pennsylvania German: sechzich — cardinal number
  • Persian: شصت (šast) — cardinal number
  • Piedmontese: sessanta — cardinal number
  • Polish: sześćdziesiąt — cardinal number
  • Polish: kopa — cardinal number
  • Portuguese: sessenta — cardinal number
  • Punjabi: ਸੱਠ (saṭṭha) — cardinal number
  • Quechua: suqta chunka — cardinal number
  • Réunion Creole French: soisant — cardinal number
  • Romagnol: ṣànta — cardinal number
  • Romanian: șaizeci — cardinal number
  • Romansh: sessanta — cardinal number
  • Romansh: sissonta — cardinal number
  • Romansh: sissànta — cardinal number
  • Romansh: sesaunta — cardinal number
  • Romansh: sesanta — cardinal number
  • Russian: шестьдеся́т (šestʹdesját) — cardinal number
  • Samoan: onosefulu — cardinal number
  • Sanskrit: षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi) — cardinal number
  • Santali: ᱛᱩᱨᱩᱭ ᱜᱮᱞ (turuy gel) — cardinal number
  • Sardinian: sessanta — cardinal number
  • Scottish Gaelic: trì fichead — cardinal number
  • Scottish Gaelic: seasgad — cardinal number
  • Serbo-Croatian: шездесет — cardinal number
  • Serbo-Croatian: šezdeset — cardinal number
  • Shan: ႁူၵ်းသိပ်း (húuk síp) — cardinal number
  • Shor: алтон (alton) — cardinal number
  • Sicilian: sissanta — cardinal number
  • Sinhalese: හැට (hæṭa) — cardinal number
  • Slovak: šesťdesiat — cardinal number
  • Slovene: šestdeset — cardinal number
  • Spanish: sesenta — cardinal number
  • Swahili: sitini — cardinal number
  • Swedish: sextio — cardinal number
  • Tagalog: animnapu — cardinal number
  • Tahitian: ono 'ahuru — cardinal number
  • Tajik: шаст (šast) — cardinal number
  • Tatar: алтмыш (altmış) — cardinal number
  • Telugu: అరవై (aravai) — cardinal number
  • Thai: หกสิบ (hòk-sìp) — cardinal number
  • Tocharian B: ṣkaska — cardinal number
  • Tok Pisin: sikisti — cardinal number
  • Tok Pisin: sikispela ten — cardinal number
  • Tongan: onongofulu — cardinal number
  • Turkish: altmış — cardinal number
  • Ottoman Turkish: آلتمش (altmış) — cardinal number
  • Turkmen: altmyş — cardinal number
  • Tuvan: алдан (aldan) — cardinal number
  • Udmurt: куатьтон (kuaťton) — cardinal number
  • Ukrainian: шістьдеся́т (šistʹdesját) — cardinal number
  • Unami: kwëtash txinxke — cardinal number
  • Urdu: ساٹھ (sāṭh) — cardinal number
  • Uyghur: ئاتمىش (atmish) — cardinal number
  • Uzbek: oltmish — cardinal number
  • Venetan: sesanta — cardinal number
  • Vietnamese: sáu mươi — cardinal number
  • Volapük: mäldeg — cardinal number
  • Waray-Waray: kaunman — cardinal number
  • Welsh: trigain — cardinal number
  • Welsh: chwe deg — cardinal number
  • Yakut: алта уон (alta uon) — cardinal number
  • Yiddish: זעכציק (zekhtsik) — cardinal number
  • Yucatec Maya: óoxkʼáal — cardinal number
  • Yup'ik: yuinaak pingayun — cardinal number
  • Yup'ik: pingayun ipiaq — cardinal number