sixty
English edit
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Cardinal: sixty Ordinal: sixtieth Adverbial: sixty times Multiplier: sixtyfold Group collective: shock |
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪkstɪ/
- (General American) enPR: sĭksʹtē, IPA(key): /ˈsɪksti/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkstɪ, -ɪksti
- Hyphenation: six‧ty
Numeral edit
sixty
- The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
cardinal number
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See also edit
- Previous: fifty-nine, fifty
- Next: sixty-one, seventy
- sexagesimal
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
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Cardinal: sixty Ordinal: sixtithe |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz; equivalent to six + -ty.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
sixty
Descendants edit
References edit
- “sixtī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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