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Added 9 October 2026

sixth

/sɪksθ/ adjective

In Latin: sextus Wiktionary

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The ordinal form of the number six.

noun

The person or thing in the sixth position.
One of six equal parts of a whole.
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.

verb

To divide by six, equivalent to multiplying a denominator by six.

Origin

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

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