six

See also: Six and sîx

EnglishEdit

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six

**English numbers (edit)**
	60
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixth Multiplier: sextuple, sixfold

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English six, from Old English syx, siex, 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, Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ).

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /sɪks/, enPR: sĭks
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Rhymes: -ɪks
Homophones: sicks, sics

NumeralEdit

six

(cardinal) A numerical value equal to 6; the number occurring after five and before seven.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from six

Related termsEdit

sixth

TranslationsEdit

cardinal number

Abaza: цба (cbā)
Abkhaz: фба (fbā)
Adyghe: хы (xə)
Afrikaans: ses (af)
Ainu: イワン (iwan)
Albanian: gjashtë (sq)
Alutiiq: arwilgen
American Sign Language:
Amharic: ስድስት (am) (sədst) (numeral: ፮)
Arabic: سِتَّة‎‎ (ar) (sitta)
Aragonese: seis, sies, sieis
Aramaic:
Hebrew: שתא‎‎ m (štā’), שת‎‎ f (šit)

Syriac: ܫܬܐ‎‎ m (štā’), ܫܬ‎‎ f (šit)
Armenian: վեց (hy) (vecʿ)
Aromanian: shasi, shase
Assamese: ছয় (soy) (numeral: ৬)
Asturian: seis (ast)
Aymara: suxta
Azerbaijani: altı (az)
Balinese: ənəm
Banjarese: anam
Bashkir: алты (altï)
Basque: sei (eu)
Belarusian: шэсць (šescʹ), (collective) шасцёра (šascjóra)
Bengali: ছয় (chôyô) (numeral: ৬)
Breton: c'hwec'h (br)
Bulgarian: шест (bg) (šest)
Burmese: ခြောက် (my) (hkrauk)
Buryat: зургаан (zurgaan)
Catalan: sis (ca)
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴹⵉⵚ (sḍiṣ)
Central Dusun: onom
Chamicuro: sokta
Chechen: ялх (jalχ)
Cherokee: ᏑᏓᎵ (sudali)
Chichewa: sanu n'chimodzi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 六 (luk⁶)

Dungan: лю (liu)

Hakka: 六 (liuk)

Mandarin: 六 (zh) (liù)

Min Dong: 六 (loik)

Min Nan: 六 (zh-min-nan) (la̍k, lio̍k)

Wu: 六 (loq)
Chukchi: ыннанмытлыӈэн (ynnanmytlyṇėn)
Chuvash: улттӑ (ulttă)
Classical Nahuatl: chicuacē
Cornish: whegh
Corsican: sei (co)
Cree: nikotwâsik
Crimean Tatar: altı
Czech: šest (cs), (collective) šestery
Dalmatian: si
Danish: seks (da)
Dena'ina: k'uzhch'en'i
Dhivehi: ހަ‎‎ (dv) (ha)
Dutch: zes (nl)
Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
Eastern Mari: кудыт (kudət)
Erzya: кото (koto)
Esperanto: ses (eo)
Estonian: kuus (et)
Evenki: нюӈун (ńuŋun)
Faroese: seks (fo)
Fijian: ono (fj)
Finnish: kuusi (fi)
French: six (fr)
Friulian: sîs
Galician: seis (gl)
Garifuna: sisi
Ge'ez: ስድስቱ m (sədstu), ስሱ f (səsu) (numeral: ፮ (6))
Georgian: ექვსი (ka) (ekvsi)
German: sechs (de)
Alemannic German: sächs
Gilbertese: onoua
Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs)
Greek: έξι (el) (éxi), στ΄ (st΄) (numeral)
Ancient: ἕξ (héx)
Greenlandic: arfinillit (kl)
Guaraní: poteĩ
Gujarati: છ (gu) (cha) (numeral: ૬)
Haitian Creole: sis
Hausa: shidà
Hawaiian: ono, ʻeono
Hebrew: שֵׁשׁ‎‎ (he) f (shesh), שִׁשָּׁה / שישה‎‎ m (shisha)
Hindi: छह (hi) (chah), छः (hi) (chaḥ)
Hopi: navay
Hungarian: hat (hu)
Iban: nam
Icelandic: sex (is)
Ido: sis (io)
Ilocano: innem
Inari Sami: kuttâ
Indonesian: enam (id)
Interlingua: sex
Irish: sé (ga)
Istriot: seije
Istro-Romanian: şåse
Italian: sei (it)
Japanese: 六 (ja) (ろく, roku), 六つ (ja) (むっつ, muttsu), ６ (ja) (ろく, roku), シックス (shikksu)
Javanese: nəm
Kannada: ಆರು (kn) (āru), ೬ (kn) (6) (numeral)
Karachay-Balkar: алты (altı)
Karakalpak: alti
Karelian: kuusi
Kashubian: szesc
Kazakh: алты (kk) (altı)
Khakas: алты (altı)
Khmer: ប្រាំមួយ (pram muəy)
Komi-Zyrian: квайт (kvajt)
Konkani: ಸೊ (so)
Korean: 여섯 (ko) (yeoseot), 육 (ko) (yuk) (六 (ko)), 륙 (ko) (ryuk) (六 (ko)) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: şeş (ku)

Sorani: شەش‎‎ (şeş)
Kyrgyz: алты (ky) (altı)
Ladin: sies
Lakota: šákpe
Lao: ຫົກ (hok) (numeral: ໖)
Latgalian: seši m, sešys f
Latin: sex (la)
Latvian: seši (lv), sešas
Ligurian: sêi
Lithuanian: šeši (lt)
Livonian: kūž
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: zes (nds), zès (Gronings)

German Low German: söss (nds), soss, sess (nds)
Luxembourgish: sechs (lb)
Lü: ᦷᦠᧅ (ḣok) (numeral: ᧖)
Macedonian: шест (mk) (šest)
Madurese: ənnam
Malagasy: enina (mg)
Malay:
Jawi: انم‎‎, نم‎‎

Rumi: enam (ms), nam
Malayalam: ആറു (āṟu), ആറ് (ml) (āṟŭ) (numeral: ൬)
Maltese: sitta (mt)
Manchu: ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠨ (ninggun)

Mangarevan: ono
Mansi: хо̄т (xōt)
Manx: shey
Maori: ono (mi)
Mapudungun: kayu
Marathi: सहा (sahā)
Maricopa: xamxuk
Marshallese: jiljino
Minangkabau: anam
Mirandese: seis
Moksha: мота (mota)
Mongolian: зургаа (mn) (zurgaa), ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨ (ǰirɣuɣan) (numeral: ᠖)
Montagnais: (Sheshatshiu Innu) kutuasht, (Mushuau Innu) ashutash
Munsee: ngwútaash
Muong: khảu
Nahuatl: chicuace (nah)
Nama: ǃnani
Nauruan: año
Navajo: hastą́ą́
Nepali: छ (ne) (cha)
Niuean: ono
Nogai: алты (altı)
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum and Mooring: seeks

Helgoland: sös

Sylt: soks
Northern Sami: guhtta
Norwegian: seks (no)
Novial: six
O'odham: cudp
Occitan: sièis (oc)
Ojibwe: ingodwaaswi
Old Church Slavonic: шесть (šestĭ)
Old English: siex
Old Frisian: sex
Old Turkic: 𐰞𐱃𐰃‎‎ (altï)
Oriya: ଛଅ (or) (cha'a): (numeral: ୬)
Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌔 (sehs)
Ossetian: æхсæз (æxsæz)
Ottoman Turkish: آلتی‎‎ (altı)
Pashto: شپږ‎‎ (ps) (špag)
Persian: شِش‎‎ (fa) (šeš)
Plautdietsch: sass
Polish: sześć (pl), (collective) sześcioro (pl)
Portuguese: seis (pt)
Punjabi: ਛੇ (che) (numeral: ੬ (6))
Quechua: suqta, sogta
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Rapa Nui: ono
Rarotongan: ono
Rohingya: só
Romani: shov
Romanian: șase (ro)
Romansch: sis
Russian: шесть (ru) (šestʹ), (collective) ше́стеро (ru) (šéstero)
Rusyn: шість (šistʹ)
S'gaw Karen: ဃု (chʉ)
Samoan: ono (sm)
Sanskrit: षष् (sa) (ṣaṣ), (षण् (ṣaṇ), shasta- (prefix).)
Sardinian: ses
Saterland Frisian: säks
Scots: sax
Scottish Gaelic: sia, (persons) sianar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ше̑ст

Roman: šȇst (sh)
Shan: ႁူၵ်း (hok4) (numeral: ႖)
Sichuan Yi: ꃘ (fut)
Sicilian: sei (scn)
Sikkimese: ཏུཀ (tuk)
Silesian: šeść
Sindhi: ڇَهَه‎‎ (chahah)
Sinhalese: හය (si) (haya)
Skolt Sami: kutt
Slovak: šesť (sk)
Slovene: šést (sl)
Somali: lix (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: šesć

Upper Sorbian: šěsć
Southern Altai: алты (altï)
Spanish: seis (es)
Sundanese: genep (su)
Swahili: sita (sw)
Swedish: sex (sv)
Tagalog: anim (tl)
Tahitian: ono
Tai Dam: hốc
Tai Nüa: ᥞᥨᥐᥱ (hok³)
Tajik: шаш (tg) (šaš)
Tamil: ஆறு (ta) (āṟu)
Taos: mą́łi
Tashelhit: sḍes m, sḍest f
Tatar: алты (tt) (altı)
Telugu: ఆరు (te) (āru)
Thai: หก (th) (hòk)
Tibetan: དྲུག (drug)
Tigre: ስስ (səs) (numeral: ፮ (6))
Tigrinya: ሽድሽተ (šədštä) (numeral: ፮ (6))
Timugon Murut: onom
Tocharian A: ṣäk
Tocharian B: ṣkas
Tok Pisin: sikispela
Tongan: ono
Turkish: altı (tr)
Turkmen: alty (tk)
Tuvaluan: ono
Tuvan: алды (aldı)
Tz'utujil: ^{(please verify)} uaki
Udmurt: куать (kuatʹ)
Ukrainian: шість (uk) (šistʹ), ше́стеро (šéstero) (collective)
Umbrian: 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌔 (sehs)
Unami: kwëtash
Urdu: چھہ‎‎ (chah)
Uyghur: ئالتە‎‎ (ug) (alte)
Uzbek: olti (uz)
Venetian: sei
Veps: kuź
Vietnamese: sáu (vi)
Vilamovian: zachs
Volapük: mäl (vo)
Votic: kuuz, кууз
Võro: kuuś
Walloon: shijh (wa)
Waray-Waray: onum
Welsh: chwech (cy)
West Frisian: seis (fy)
White Hmong: rau
Winnebago: hakewe
Wolof: juróom benn
Xhosa: ntandathu
Yagnobi: ухш
Yakut: алта (alta)
Yao: msano na mo
Yiddish: זעקס‎‎ (zeks)
Yup'ik: arvinlegen
Zazaki: şeş
Zhuang: loeg (Sawndip 六)
Zulu: sithupha
Zuni: dobalekk'ya

set or group with six components

Catalan: sisena (ca) f
Greek: εξάδα (el) f (exáda)
Lithuanian: šešeri (lt) m, šešerios f

Russian: шестёрка (ru) f (šestjórka)
Scottish Gaelic: a sia, sianar m

NounEdit

six (plural sixes)

The digit or figure 6.
(military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
cover my six
(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.
(American football) A touchdown.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

digit

Basque: sei (eu)
Belarusian: шасцёрка f (šascjórka)
Bulgarian: шест (bg) (šest)
Catalan: sis (ca) m
Danish: sekstal n
Finnish: kuutonen (fi)
French: six (fr) m
Galician: seis (gl) m
German: Sechs (de) f
Greek: έξι (el) n (éxi)

Hindi: छह (hi) (chah)
Lithuanian: šešetas (lt) m
Macedonian: шестка f (šestka)
Malayalam: ആറ് (ml) (āṟŭ)
Polish: szóstka (pl) f
Portuguese: seis (pt) m, meia dúzia (Brazilian Portuguese), meia (pt) (Brazilian Portuguese)
Romanian: șase (ro)
Russian: шестёрка (ru) f (šestjórka)
Spanish: seis (es)
Swedish: sexa (sv)

cricket

military slang

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