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English numbers (edit)
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6
    Cardinal: sixty
    Ordinal: sixtieth
    Adverbial: sixty times
    Multiplier: sixtyfold

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (sixty), equivalent to six +‎ -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (sixty), Saterland Frisian säkstich (sixty), West Frisian sechstich (sixty), Dutch zestig (sixty), German Low German sesstig (sixty), German sechzig (sixty), Swedish sextio (sixty), Norwegian seksti (sixty), Icelandic sextíu (sixty). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).

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NumeralEdit

sixty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

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Middle EnglishEdit

Middle English numbers (edit)
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6
    Cardinal: sixty
    Ordinal: sixtithe

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EtymologyEdit

From Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz; equivalent to six +‎ -ty.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsikstiː/, /ˈsɛkstiː/

NumeralEdit

sixty

  1. sixty

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  • English: sixty
  • Scots: sexty, saxty

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