sixte
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editsixte (uncountable)
- (fencing) The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsixte f (plural sixtes)
Descendants
edit- → English: sixte
Noun
editsixte m (plural sixtes)
Further reading
edit- “sixte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
edit60 | ||
← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixte |
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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- IPA(key): /ˈsikst(ə)/, /ˈsɛkst(ə)/
- (rare) IPA(key): /ˈsiksθ(ə)/, /ˈsɛksθ(ə)/
- (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈsɛst(ə)/
Adjective
editsixte
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “sixt(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-22.
Noun
editsixte
- A sixth; something which is sixth.
- (rare) A musical sixth; a note a sixth away from another given note.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “sixt(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-22.
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