Standard Lemma guide

sixty-nine

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.

Sound

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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