six

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Translingual

Alternative forms

• Six, SIX

Etymology

Borrowed from English six.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪks]

Noun

six

1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 6.

   Synonym: soxisix (ITU/IMO)

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪks/, enPR: sĭks
• Rhymes: -ɪks
• Homophones: sicks, sics

Numeral

six

1. A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).

Derived terms

Related terms

• sixth

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: siksi
  • Aukan: siksi
    • → Wayana: siksi
• Saramaccan: sigisi

Translations

Noun

six (plural sixes)

1. A group or set with six elements.
2. The digit or figure 6.
3. Six o'clock.
4. (military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
5. (cricket, countable) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
6. (American football) A touchdown.
7. (North Wales) A bathroom or toilet.
8. (obsolete) Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• 6 (Arabic numeral)
• 陸／陆, 六 (Chinese numerals)
• Ⅵ or VI (Roman numeral)
• στ΄ or ϛ΄ (Greek numeral)
• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

References

Anagrams

• Xis, ISX, XIs, xis

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French six, from Old French sis, six, from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

The numbers six and dix (“ten”), as well as the pronoun tous (“all”), are remnants of the Old and Middle French pronunciation system where final -s or -x was silent before consonants, pronounced /z/ before vowels, and /s/ in pausa. The only change is that the pausal pronunciation is now invariably used when these words do not precede their referent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sis/ (independent)
• IPA^(key): /si.z‿/ (before modified word in a vowel or mute h)
• IPA^(key): /si/ (before modified word in a consonant or aspirate h)
• Rhymes: -is

Numeral

six (invariable)

1. six

Derived terms

• sixain
• six cents
• Six Nations
• six-huit
• à la six-quatre-deux
• sixte
• sizain
• sixième

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sis
• Louisiana Creole: sis
• Mauritian Creole: sis

See also

Further reading

• “six”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Maonan

Numeral

six

1. four

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cex, sex
• zix (Kent)

Etymology

From Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siks/

Numeral

six

1. six

Related terms

• sixte
• sixtene
• sixty

Descendants

• English: six
  • Sranan Tongo: siksi
    • Aukan: siksi
      • → Wayana: siksi
  • Saramaccan: sigisi
• Scots: sax, sex, six
• Yola: zeese

References

• “six, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French sis, six.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (in isolation) /sis/, (before a vowel) /siz/, (before a consonant) /si/

Numeral

six (invariable)

1. six

Descendants

• French: six
  • Haitian Creole: sis
  • Louisiana Creole: sis
  • Mauritian Creole: sis
• Norman: six

Norman

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

Numeral

six

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) six

Old English

Alternative forms

• sex — Anglian
• siex, syx, seox

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siks/

Numeral

six

1. six

Derived terms

• sixhynde
• sixta

Descendants

• Middle English: six, cex, sex, zix (Kent)
  • English: six
    • Sranan Tongo: siksi
      • Aukan: siksi
        • → Wayana: siksi
    • Saramaccan: sigisi
  • Scots: sax, sex, six
  • Yola: zeese

Scots

Numeral

six

1. Alternative form of sax

References

• “six, num., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “six, num. adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.