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six

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See also: Six and sîx

Translingual

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Signal flag for the digit 6

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English six. Doublet of sechs.

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Noun

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six

  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 6.
    Synonym: soxisix (ITU/IMO)
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codesedit
ITU/IMO radiotelephonic clear codesedit

Etymology 2

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Symbol

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six

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sumau.

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References

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  1. ^ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2001, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
English numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: six
    Ordinal: sixth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 6th
    Latinate ordinal: senary
    Adverbial: six times
    Multiplier: sixfold
    Latinate multiplier: sextuple
    Distributive: sextuply
    Germanic collective: half-dozen, sixsome
    Collective of n parts: sextuplet, hextuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: hexad
    Greek collective prefix: hexa-
    Latinate collective prefix: sexa-
    Fractional: sixth
    Elemental: sextuplet, hextuplet
    Greek prefix: hexa-
    Number of musicians: sextet
    Number of years: sexennium
    Quantile: sextile

Etymology

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PIE word
*swéḱs

From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.[1]

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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six

  1. A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).
    • 2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN‎[2]:
      Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Sranan Tongo: siksi
  • Saramaccan: sigisi

Translations

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Noun

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six (plural sixes)

  2. A group or set with six elements.
  4. The digit or figure 6.
    • (Can we date this quote?), jan Misali, “what to call the numbers”, in seximal.net‎[3]:
      how about 100 then? for 100, I wanted to pay homage to the people who have been using seximal this entire time. specifically, I used the word for six sixes found in the Ndom language, "nif".
  6. (card games) A playing card featuring six pips.
  8. A person who is six years old.
    The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.
  10. Six o'clock.
    • 1838, Francis Bisset Hawkins, chapter XIII, in Germany: The Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social Condition and National Economy, Illustrated by Reference to Her Physical, Moral and Political Statistics, etc.‎[4], →OCLC, page 228:
      In Austria the prisoners rise at five, [...]. There are morning prayers at a quarter to six, after which the prisoners are conducted to work.
  12. (military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
    cover my six
    • 2009, Bill Yenne, Aces High: The Heroic Saga of the Two Top-scoring American Aces of World War II, Penguin, →ISBN, page 98:
      Just as having an enemy on your “six” is the hardest situation to escape, being on an enemy at six o'clock is the surest kill. Fighter pilots are always practicing maneuvers to get out from having another aircraft on their six.
  14. (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
    His century featured 12 sixes.
    • 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport‎[5], London:
      England required 15 from the last over of the regular match. Ben Stokes hit a six and benefited when a throw from the deep hit him and went for four overthrows.
  16. (American football) A touchdown.
  18. (North Wales) A bathroom or toilet.
  20. (obsolete) Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

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Translations

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Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
ace deuce, two three, trey four, cater five, cinque six seven
eight nine ten jack, knave queen king joker

References

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  1. ^ What is the origin of "six" as a word to refer to the toilet?

Anagrams

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French

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French numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: six
    Ordinal: sixième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 6e, (now nonstandard) 6ème
    Multiplier: sextuple
French Wikipedia article on 6

Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French six, from Old French sis, six, from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

The numbers six and dix (“ten”), as well as the pronoun tous (“all”), are remnants of the Old and Middle French pronunciation system where final -s or -x was silent before consonants, pronounced /z/ before vowels, and /s/ in pausa. The only change is that the pausal pronunciation is now invariably used when these words do not precede their referent.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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six (invariable)

  1. six

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Guianese Creole: sis
  • Haitian Creole: sis
  • Louisiana Creole: sis
  • Mauritian Creole: sis
  • Réunion Creole French: sis

See also

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Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Further reading

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Jamaican Creole

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Jamaican Creole numbers (edit)
60
[a], [b] ←  5 6 7  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: siks, six
    Ordinal: siks, six, sixt

Etymology

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    Inherited from English six.

    Numeral

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    six

    1. six

    Adjective

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    six

    1. sixth

    Further reading

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    • six at majstro.com
    • “A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican”, in Open Grammar Project‎[6], 2015, Glossary‎[7]

    Maonan

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    Numeral

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    six

    1. four

    Middle English

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    Middle English numbers (edit)
    60
     ←  5 6 7  → 
        Cardinal: six
        Ordinal: sixte

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    Etymology

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    From Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Doublet of sys (“six in dice”).

    Pronunciation

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    six (postpositive sixe)

    1. six

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    Middle French

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    Etymology

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    From Old French sis, six.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (in isolation) /sis/, (before a vowel) /siz/, (before a consonant) /si/

    Numeral

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    six (invariable)

    1. six

    Descendants

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    • French: six
      • Guianese Creole: sis
      • Haitian Creole: sis
      • Louisiana Creole: sis
      • Mauritian Creole: sis
      • Réunion Creole French: sis
    • Norman: six

    Norman

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    Norman numbers (edit)
    60[a], [b]
    [a], [b] ←  5 6 7  → [a], [b]
        Cardinal: six
    Norman numbers (edit)
    60[a], [b]
    [a], [b] ←  5 6 7  → [a], [b]
        Cardinal: six

    Etymology

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    From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

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    six

    1. (Jersey, Guernsey) six
      • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[8], page 533:
        Six s'maïnes avant Noué, et six s'maïnes après, les nits sont les pûs longues, et le jours les pûs freds.
        Six weeks before Christmas and six weeks after, the nights are the longest and the days the coldest.

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    Old English numbers (edit)
    60
     ←  5 6 7  → 
        Cardinal: six
        Ordinal: sixta
        Age: sixwintre
        Multiplier: sixfeald

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

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    six

    1. six
      • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
        Đās cāseres rīċes ðȳ tēoðan ġēare Gregorius sē hālga wer, sē was on lāre ⁊ on dǣde sē hēhsta, feng tō bisċophāde þǣre Rōmanisċan ċyriċan ⁊ þǣs apostolīċan seðles: ⁊ þæt heold ⁊ reahte þrēottēno ġēr ⁊ syx mōnað ⁊ tȳn dagas.
        In the tenth year of this emperor's reign, the holy man Gregorius, who was the greatest in learning and in deeds, rose to the bishophood of the Roman church and the apostolic see; and he held and directed that office for thirteen years, six months, and ten days.

    Usage notes

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    • This numeral was sometimes inflected for case, but could also be indeclinable.

    Declension

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    Declension of six
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative sixe sixe, sixu
    accusative
    genitive sixa
    dative sixum

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    Scots

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    Numeral

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    six

    1. alternative form of sax

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