sixty

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English

English numbers (edit)
600
 ←  50  ←  59 60 61  →  70  → 
6
    Cardinal: sixty
    Ordinal: sixtieth
    Adverbial: sixty times
    Multiplier: sixtyfold
    Group collective: shock

Etymology

From Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English siextiġ, 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

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsɪkstɪ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: sĭksʹtē, IPA(key): /ˈsɪksti/
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  • Hyphenation: six‧ty

Numeral

sixty

  1. 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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