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sixty

English

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6
    Cardinal: sixty
    Ordinal: sixtieth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 60th
    Adverbial: sixty times
    Multiplier: sixtyfold
    Germanic collective: shock

Etymology

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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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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.
    Synonym: threescore (archaic)

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Noun

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sixty (plural sixties)

  1. (broadcasting) A commercial lasting 60 seconds.
    Coordinate term: thirty
    • 2014, Jules Witcover, No Way to Pick a President:
      […] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space.

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Middle English

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6
    Cardinal: sixty
    Ordinal: sixtithe

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsikstiː/, /ˈsɛkstiː/

Numeral

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sixty

  1. sixty

Descendants

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  • English: sixty
  • Scots: sexty, saxty

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