sixty
English
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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
- (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
sixty
- 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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See also
- Previous: fifty-nine, fifty
- Next: sixty-one, seventy
- sexagesimal
Anagrams
Middle English
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
From Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz; equivalent to six + -ty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsikstiː/, /ˈsɛkstiː/
Numeral
sixty
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Scots: sexty, saxty
References
- “sixtī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.