noun · num · verb · 5 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.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:sĭks'tē-nīnʹ
General-American:/ˌsɪkstiˈnaɪn/
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rhymes with -aɪn
1
noun
Meaning 1
A sex position where two people perform oral sex on each other simultaneously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, sexuality
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soixante-neuf
Antonyms: none provided
2
num
Meaning 2
The cardinal number immediately following sixty-eight and preceding seventy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To have sex in the sixty-nine position: to engage in mutual oral sex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
being nine more than sixty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 69, ilxx
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
oral sex practiced simultaneously by two people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soixante-neuf
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oral sex, head
History
Etymology
Calque of French soixante-neuf, from the rotational symmetry of the numeral 69 — if rotated a half-turn (by 180°), the numeral remains the same, and a couple both giving oral sex at once have, in principle, a similar rotational symmetry.
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Breton:
nav ha tri-ugent
— sex position
Bulgarian:
шестдесет и девет
(šestdeset i devet)
— sex position
Bulgarian:
шейсет и девет
(šejset i devet)
— sex position
Catalan:
seixanta-nou
— sex position
Chinese Mandarin:
69式
(liùjiǔ shì)
— sex position
Chinese Mandarin:
六十九式
(liùshíjiǔ shì)
— sex position
Danish:
niogtres
— sex position
Danish:
69'er
— sex position
Dutch:
standje 69
— sex position
Esperanto:
sesdeknaŭo
— sex position
Finnish:
kuusysi
— sex position
Finnish:
69-asento
— sex position
French:
soixante-neuf
— sex position
Galician:
sesenta e nove
— sex position
German:
Neunundsechzig
— sex position
Greek:
εξήντα εννέα
(exínta ennéa)
— sex position
Hungarian:
hatvankilences
— sex position
Hungarian:
hatvankilenc
— sex position
Hungarian:
69-es
— sex position
Italian:
sessantanove
— sex position
Japanese:
シックスナイン
(shikkusunain)
— sex position
Korean:
69
— sex position
Korean:
육구
(yukgu)
— sex position
Macedonian:
по́за ше́есет и де́вет
(póza šéeset i dévet)
— sex position
Maltese:
maqlubin
— sex position
Persian:
شصت و نه
(šast o noh)
— sex position
Portuguese:
meia-nove
— sex position
Russian:
по́за 69
(póza 69)
— sex position
Russian:
по́за шестьдеся́т де́вять
(póza šestʹdesját dévjatʹ)
— sex position
Spanish:
sesenta y nueve
— sex position
Thai:
69
— sex position
Thai:
หกเก้า
— sex position
Turkish:
altmış dokuz
— sex position
Welsh:
chwedeg naw
— sex position
Afrikaans:
nege-en-sestig
— cardinal number
Arabic:
تِسْعَة وَسِتُّون
— cardinal number
Armenian:
վաթսուն ինը
(vatʻsun inə)
— cardinal number
Azerbaijani:
altmış doqquz
— cardinal number
Basque:
hirurogeita bederatzi
— cardinal number
Belarusian:
шэ́сцьдзесят дзе́вяць
(šéscʹdzjesjat dzjévjacʹ)
— cardinal number
Bengali:
উনসত্তর
(unośottor)
— cardinal number
Breton:
nav ha tri-ugent
— cardinal number
Bulgarian:
шестдесет и девет
(šestdeset i devet)
— cardinal number
Bulgarian:
шейсет и девет
(šejset i devet)
— cardinal number
Catalan:
seixanta-nou
— cardinal number
Cherokee:
ᏑᏓᎵᏍᎪ ᏐᏁᎳ
(sudalisgo sonela)
— cardinal number
Chinese Cantonese:
六十九
(luk6 sap6 gau2)
— cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin:
六十九
(liùshíjiǔ)
— cardinal number
Danish:
niogtres
— cardinal number
Dutch:
negenenzestig
— cardinal number
Esperanto:
sesdek naŭ
— cardinal number
Finnish:
kuusikymmentäyhdeksän
— cardinal number
French:
soixante-neuf
— cardinal number
Galician:
sesenta e nove
— cardinal number
Georgian:
სამოცდაცხრა
(samocdacxra)
— cardinal number
German:
neunundsechzig
— cardinal number
Greek:
εξήντα εννέα
(exínta ennéa)
— cardinal number
Hebrew:
ששים־ותשעה
(shishím və-téysha)
— cardinal number
Hindi:
उनहत्तर
(unhattar)
— cardinal number
Hungarian:
hatvankilenc
— cardinal number
Icelandic:
sextíu og níu
— cardinal number
Italian:
sessantanove
— cardinal number
Japanese:
六十九
(rokujūkyū)
— cardinal number
Korean:
예순아홉
(yesunahop)
— cardinal number
Korean:
육십구
(yuksipgu)
— cardinal number
Lao:
ຫົກສິບເກົ້າ
(hok sip kao)
— cardinal number
Latin:
sexaginta novem
— cardinal number
Lombard:
sessanta-neuv
— cardinal number
Macedonian:
шеесет и девет
(šeeset i devet)
— cardinal number
Malay:
enam puluh sembilan
— cardinal number
Malayalam:
അറുപത്തൊമ്പത്
(aṟupattompatŭ)
— cardinal number
Malayalam:
അറുപത്തി ഒൻപത്
(aṟupatti oṉpatŭ)
— cardinal number
Manchu:
ᠨᡳᠨᠵᡠ ᡠᠶᡠᠨ
(ninju uyun)
— cardinal number
Navajo:
hastą́diin dóó baʼąą náhástʼéí
— cardinal number
Norwegian:
niogseksti
— cardinal number
Old English:
nigon and sixtiġ
— cardinal number
Pannonian Rusyn:
шейдзешат дзевец
(šejdzešat dzevec)
— cardinal number
Pashto:
نه شپېتۀ
(nəh špetə)
— cardinal number
Persian:
شصت و نه
(šast va noh)
— cardinal number
Polish:
sześćdziesiąt dziewięć
— cardinal number
Portuguese:
sessenta e nove
— cardinal number
Punjabi:
ਉਣ੍ਹੱਤਰ
(uṇhattar)
— cardinal number
Romanian:
șaizeci și nouă
— cardinal number
Russian:
шестьдеся́т де́вять
(šestʹdesját dévjatʹ)
— cardinal number
Sanskrit:
एकोनाशीतितम
(ekonāśītitama)
— cardinal number
Serbo-Croatian:
шездесет девет
— cardinal number
Serbo-Croatian:
šezdeset devet
— cardinal number
Spanish:
sesenta y nueve
— cardinal number
Swahili:
sitini na tisa
— cardinal number
Swedish:
sextionio
— cardinal number
Thai:
หกสิบเก้า
— cardinal number
Tok Pisin:
sikispela ten nain
— cardinal number
Turkish:
altmış dokuz
— cardinal number
Ukrainian:
шістдеся́т де́в'ять
(šistdesját dévʺjatʹ)
— cardinal number
Urdu:
انہتر
(unhattar)
— cardinal number
Yup'ik:
yuinaat pingayun qulngunritaraan
— cardinal number