sixte

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French sixte, from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɪkst/ Rhymes: -ɪkst Homophone: sixt === Noun === sixte (uncountable) (fencing) The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level. === Anagrams === exist, exits == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sikst/ === Noun === sixte f (plural sixtes) (music) Interval of six notes (fencing) sixte ==== Descendants ==== → English: sixte === Noun === sixte m (plural sixtes) (law) Sixth part of a tithe which belongs to a lord === Further reading === “sixte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === seste, sext, sexte, sexþe, sixt, sixþe, syxt, syxte, zixte === Etymology === From Old English sixta, from Proto-West Germanic *sehstō, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. Equivalent to six +‎ -the (ordinal suffix), which some forms are remodeled on; though this is rare in Middle English, unlike than in fifte. Forms with -st- are from the Old English variant sesta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsikst(ə)/, /ˈsɛkst(ə)/ (rare) IPA(key): /ˈsiksθ(ə)/, /ˈsɛksθ(ə)/ (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈsɛst(ə)/ === Adjective === sixte sixth ==== Descendants ==== English: sixth Scots: saxt, sext, sixt ==== References ==== “sixt(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 December 2018. === Noun === sixte A sixth; something which is sixth. (rare) A musical sixth; a note a sixth away from another given note. ==== Descendants ==== English: sixth (confer obsolete sixt) Scots: sixt, sext, saxt ==== References ==== “sixt(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 December 2018. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsiks.te/ === Adjective === sixte inflection of sixta: nominative feminine/neuter singular accusative neuter singular