English

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from French sixte, from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (sixth) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (six).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

sixte (uncountable)

  1. (fencing) The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level.

Anagrams

edit

French

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (sixth) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (six).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /sikst/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

edit

sixte f (plural sixtes)

  1. (music) Interval of six notes
  2. (fencing) sixte

Descendants

edit
  • English: sixte

Noun

edit

sixte m (plural sixtes)

  1. (law) Sixth part of a tithe which belongs to a lord

Further reading

edit

Middle English

edit
Middle English numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: six
    Ordinal: sixte

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old English sixta, from Proto-West Germanic *sehstō, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô.

Equivalent to six +‎ -the (ordinal suffix), which some forms are remodeled on; though this is rare in Middle English, unlike than in fifte. Forms with -st- are from the Old English variant sesta.

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

sixte

  1. sixth

Descendants

edit

References

edit

Noun

edit

sixte

  1. A sixth; something which is sixth.
  2. (rare) A musical sixth; a note a sixth away from another given note.

Descendants

edit

References

edit