English

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Adjective

sixth

1. The ordinal form of the number six.

Abbreviations

6th, 6^th; (in names of monarchs and popes) VI

Translations

• Anglo-Saxon: siexta (abbreviation 6., 6ta)
• Breton: c'hwec'hvet
• Catalan: sisè (abbreviation 6è)
• Dutch: zesde (abbreviations 6de, 6e)
• Esperanto: sesa
• Finnish: kuudes (abbreviation 6.)
• French: sixième (before the noun) (abbreviation 6^ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) six (after the name) (abbreviation VI)
• Frisian: sechste , seisde (abbreviation 6e)
• German: sechste (abbreviation 6.)
• Indonesian: keenam (abbreviation ke-6)
• Interlingua: sexte (abbreviation 6^e)
• Italian: sesto m, sesta f (before the noun) (abbreviations 6º m, 6ª f); (in names of monarchs and popes) sesto m, sesta f (after the name) (abbreviation VI)
• Japanese: 六番目 (ろくばんめ, rokuban-me)
• Manchu: (ningguci )
• Portuguese: sexto m, sexta f (abbreviations 6º, 6ª)
• Russian: шестой (abbreviation 6-ой)
• Spanish: sexto m, sexta f (abbreviations 6º m, 6ª f)
• Swedish: sjätte (abbreviation 6:e)
• Turkish: altıncı (abbreviation 6.)
• Vietnamese: thứ sáu

Noun

sixth (plural sixths)

1. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
2. One of six equal parts of a whole.
3. (music) The interval between a note and another six tones higher.

Translations

person or thing in sixth place

one of six equal parts of a whole

interval

Related terms

• major sixth
• minor sixth
• sixth sense