six

EnglishEdit

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six

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

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English six, from Old English syx, siex, 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.

PronunciationEdit

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

NumeralEdit

six

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).
Describing a group or set with six elements.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

sixth

TranslationsEdit

cardinal number

Abaza: цба (cbā)
Abkhaz: фба (fbā)
Adyghe: хы (xə)
Afrikaans: ses (af)
Ainu: イワン (iwan)
Aiton: please add this translation if you can
Albanian: gjashtë (sq)
Alutiiq: arwilgen
American Sign Language:
Amharic: ስድስት (am) (sədst) (numeral: ፮ (6))
Apache:
Western Apache: gostán
Arabic: سِتَّة‎ (ar) (sitta)
Aragonese: seis, sies, sieis
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܫܬܐ‎ m (šəṯā), ܐܫܬܐ‎ m (ʾeštā), ܫܬ‎ f (šeṯ), ܐܫܬ‎ f (ʾəšeṯ)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שתא‎ m (štāʾ), שת‎ f (šit)

Western Neo-Aramaic: ܫܬ̤ܐ‎ m (šečča), ܫܬ‎ f (šeṯṯ)
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)
Bassa: mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-ɖò
Belarusian: шэсць (šescʹ), (collective) шасцёра (šascjóra)
Bengali: ছয় (chôẏ) (numeral: ৬)
Bikol Central: anom
Bouyei: rogt
Breton: c'hwec'h (br)
Brunei Malay: anam
Bulgarian: шест (bg) (šest)
Burmese: ခြောက် (my) (hkrauk)
Buryat: зургаан (zurgaan)
Catalan: sis (ca)
Cebuano: unom
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴹⵉⵚ (sḍiṣ)
Central Dusun: onom
Central Sierra Miwok: tém·ok·a-
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chamicuro: sokta
Chechen: ялх (jalχ)
Cherokee: ᏑᏓᎵ (sudali)
Chichewa: sanu n'chimodzi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 六 (yue) (luk⁶)

Dungan: лю (li͡u)

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)
Chuukese: onuchö, onumön
Chuvash: улттӑ (ulttă)
Classical Nahuatl: chicuacē
Coptic: ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau)
Cornish: whegh
Corsican: sei (co)
Cree: nikotwâsik
Crimean Tatar: altı
Cuyunon: anem
Czech: šest (cs), (collective) šestery
Dalmatian: si
Danish: seks (da)
Dena'ina: k'uzhch'en'i
Dhivehi: ހަ‎ (dv) (ha)
Dutch: zes (nl)
Dzongkha: དྲུག (drug)
Eastern Cham: please add this translation if you can
Eastern Mari: кудыт (kudyt)
Erzya: кото (koto)
Esperanto: ses (eo)
Estonian: kuus (et)
Even: нюӈэн (ņuŋən)
Evenki: нюӈун (ņuŋun)
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), ϛ΄ (ϛ΄) (numeral)
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)
Hunsrik: sechs
Iban: nam
Icelandic: sex (is)
Ido: sis (io)
Ilocano: innem
Indonesian: enam (id)
Ingrian: kuuz
Interlingua: sex (ia)
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Irish: sé (ga)
Istriot: seije
Istro-Romanian: șåse
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)
Jarai: năm
Javanese: nəm
Kabardian: хы (xə)
Kannada: ಆರು (kn) (āru), ೬ (kn) (6) (numeral)
Karachay-Balkar: алты (altı)
Karakalpak: alti
Karelian: kuusi
Kashubian: szesc
Kaurna: marru, yarapurla purlaityi
Kazakh: алты (kk) (altı)
Khakas: алты (altı)
Khmer: ប្រាំមួយ (pram muəy)
Khoekhoe: ǃnani
Komi-Permyak: квать (kvatʹ)
Komi-Zyrian: квайт (kvajt)
Konkani: ಸೊ (so)
Korean: 여섯 (ko) (yeoseot), 육 (ko) (yuk) (六 (ko)), 륙 (ko) (ryuk) (六 (ko)) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شەش‎ (ku) (şeş)

Northern Kurdish: şeş (ku)
Kyrgyz: алты (ky) (altı)
Ladin: sies
Lakota: šákpe
Lao: ຫົກ (hok) (numeral: ໖ (6))
Latgalian: seši m, sešys f
Latin: sex (la)
Latvian: seši (lv), sešas
Ligurian: sêi
Lithuanian: šeši (lt)
Livonian: kūž
Lombard: please add this translation if you can
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
Maguindanao: nem
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 (hōt)
Manx: shey
Maori: ono (mi)
Mapudungun: kayu
Maranao: nem
Marathi: सहा (sahā)
Maricopa: xamxuk
Marshallese: jiljino
Minangkabau: anam
Mirandese: seis
Moksha: мота (mota)
Mongolian: зургаа (mn) (zurgaa), ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (ǰirɣuɣ-a) (numeral: ᠖)
Montagnais: (Sheshatshiu Innu) kutuasht, (Mushuau Innu) ashutash
Munsee: ngwútaash
Muong: khảu
Mòcheno: secks
Nahuatl: chicuace (nah)
Nanai: нюңгун
Nauruan: año
Navajo: hastą́ą́
Nepali: छ (ne) (cha)
Niuean: ono
Nogai: алты (altı)
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum and Mooring: seeks

Helgoland: sös

Sylt: soks
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) (chôô): (numeral: ୬)
Orok: нуңу
Oromo: ja'a
Oroqen: ɲuŋun
Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌔 (sehs)
Ossetian: ӕхсӕз (æxsæz)
Ottoman Turkish: آلتی‎ (altı)
Pashto: شپږ‎ (ps) (špag)
Pennsylvania German: sechs, sex
Persian: شِش‎ (fa) (šeš)
Piedmontese: ses
Plautdietsch: sass
Polish: sześć (pl), (collective) sześcioro (pl)
Portuguese: seis (pt), meia (pt)
Punjabi: ਛੇ (chē) (numeral: ੬ (6))
Quechua: suqta, sogta
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Rapa Nui: ono
Rarotongan: ono
Rohingya: só
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romani: shov
Kalo Finnish Romani: ȟou
Romanian: șase (ro)
Romansch: sis
Russian: шесть (ru) (šestʹ), (collective) ше́стеро (ru) (šéstero)
Rusyn: шість (šistʹ)
S'gaw Karen: ဃု (xu)
Saho: please add this translation if you can
Sami:
Inari: kuttâ

Northern: guhtta

Skolt: kutt

Southern: govhte
Samoan: ono (sm)
Sanskrit: षष् (sa) (ṣaṣ), (षण् (ṣaṇ), shasta- (prefix).)
Santali: ᱛᱩᱨᱩᱭ (turuy)
Sardinian: ses
Saterland Frisian: säks
Scots: sax
Scottish Gaelic: sia, (persons) sianar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ше̑ст

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

Upper Sorbian: šěsć
Southern Altai: алты (altï)
Southern Ohlone: naquichi
Spanish: seis (es)
Sundanese: genep (su)
Swahili: sita (sw)
Swedish: sex (sv)
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: anim (tl)
Tahitian: ono
Tai Dam: hốc
Tai Nüa: ᥞᥨᥐᥱ (hǒk)
Tajik: шаш (tg) (šaš)
Tamil: ஆறு (ta) (āṟu)
Tangut: 𗤁 (tśhjiw)
Taos: mą́łi
Tashelhit: sḍes m, sḍest f
Tatar: алты (tt) (altı)
Tausug: unum
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
Udihe: њуӈу
Udmurt: куать (kuatʹ)
Ukrainian: шість (uk) (šistʹ), ше́стеро (šéstero) (collective)
Umbrian: 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌔 (sehs)
Unami: kwëtash
Urdu: چھہ‎ (chah, chē)
Uyghur: ئالتە‎ (ug) (alte)
Uzbek: olti (uz)
Venetian: sei (vec)
Veps: kuź
Vietnamese: sáu (vi)
Vilamovian: zachs
Volapük: mäl (vo)
Votic: kuuz, кууз
Võro: kuuś
Walloon: shijh (wa)
Waray-Waray: unom
Welsh: chwech (cy)
West Frisian: seis (fy)
Western Cham: please add this translation if you can
White Hmong: rau
Winnebago: hakewe
Wolof: juróom benn
Xhosa: ntandathu
Yagnobi: ухш (uxš)
Yakan: ennem
Yakut: алта (alta)
Yao: msano na mo
Yiddish: זעקס‎ (zeks)
Yup'ik: arvinlegen
Zazaki: şeş (diq)
Zhuang: loeg (Sawndip 六)
Zulu: isithupha (zu)
Zuni: dobalekk'ya

describing set or group with six components

Bashkir: алтау (altaw)
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.
- 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], London:
  England required 15 from the last over of the regular match. Ben Stokes hit a six and benefited when a throw from the deep hit him and went for four overthrows.
(American football) A touchdown.
(obsolete) Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

digit

Aymara: suxta
Basque: sei (eu)
Belarusian: шасцёрка f (šascjórka)
Bulgarian: шест (bg) (šest)
Catalan: sis (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 六 (zh) (liù)
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)
Japanese: 六 (ja) (roku)
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)
Quechua: suqta
Romanian: șase (ro)
Russian: шестёрка (ru) f (šestjórka)
Spanish: seis (es)
Swedish: sexa (sv)

military slang: rear, behind — See also translations at rear

cricket

American football: touchdown — See also translations at touchdown

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} six (fr) m
German: ^{(please verify)} Sechs (de) f
Italian: ^{(please verify)} sei (it) m
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} șase (ro) m

Sindhi: (1), (2) ^{(please verify)} ڇَهَه‎, ^{(please verify)} ڇَڪو‎ (sd)
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} ші́стка (uk) f (šístka)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} chwech (cy)

AnagramsEdit

ISX, XIs, xis

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

**French numbers ^(edit)**
	60
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixième Multiplier: sextuple

six m (plural six)

six

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Haitian Creole: sis
Louisiana Creole French: sis
Mauritian Creole: sis

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

sex, cex

EtymologyEdit

From Old English siex, syx, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Possibly influenced by French six, from the same Proto-Indo-European numeral.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈsiks/

NumeralEdit

**Middle English numbers ^(edit)**
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixte

six

six

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

English: six
Scots: sex, sax
Yola: zeese

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French sis, six.

PronunciationEdit

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

NumeralEdit

six (invariable)

six

DescendantsEdit

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

NormanEdit

**Norman cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : six

**Norman cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : six

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

Audio (Jersey)
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NumeralEdit

six

(Jersey, Guernsey) six

NovialEdit

**Novial cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : six Ordinal : sixesmi

NumeralEdit

six

six

Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)

ace	deuce, two	three	four	five	six	seven

eight	nine	ten	jack, knave	queen	king	joker, jolly joker

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)

as	deux	trois	quatre	cinq	six	sept

huit	neuf	dix	valet	dame	roi	joker

six

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