sixth

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English

Alternative forms

• sixt (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪksθ/, [sɪkθ], [sɪk(s)t̪] (before a consonant often reduced to [sɪks])
• Rhymes: -ɪksθ, -ɪkθ
• Homophone: six (frequent reduced form before a consonant)

Adjective

sixth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number six.

Synonyms

6th, 6^th, VIth; (in names of monarchs and popes) VI

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Noun

sixth (plural sixths)

1. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
2. One of six equal parts of a whole.
3. (music) 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. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)

Synonyms

• (one of six equal parts): ⅙

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Verb

sixth (third-person singular simple present sixths, present participle sixthing, simple past and past participle sixthed)

1. (rare, informal, nonstandard) To divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six.

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