sixty
English
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Cardinal: sixty Ordinal: sixtieth Abbreviated ordinal: 60th Adverbial: sixty times Multiplier: sixtyfold Germanic collective: shock |
Etymology
editFrom 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).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪksti/
- (General American) enPR: sĭksʹtē, IPA(key): /ˈsɪksti/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkstɪ, -ɪksti
- Hyphenation: six‧ty
Numeral
editsixty
- 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)
Derived terms
editTranslations
editcardinal number
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See also
edit- Previous: fifty-nine, fifty
- Next: sixty-one, seventy
- sexagesimal
Noun
editsixty (plural sixties)
- (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.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
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Cardinal: sixty Ordinal: sixtithe |
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz; equivalent to six + -ty.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editsixty
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “sixtī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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