sixth

== English == === Alternative forms === sixt (obsolete) === Etymology === From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six +‎ -th (ordinal suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɪksθ/, [sɪkθ], [sɪk(s)t̪], (common reduced form before a consonant) [sɪks] Rhymes: -ɪksθ, -ɪkθ Homophone: (reduced form) six === Adjective === sixth (not comparable) The ordinal form of the number six. Synonyms: 6th, VI, (rare) VIth ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === sixth (plural sixths) (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position. One of six equal parts of a whole. Synonym: ⅙ (music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale; for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sixth (third-person singular simple present sixths, present participle sixthing, simple past and past participle sixthed) (informal, nonstandard, rare) To divide by six, equivalent to multiplying a denominator by six. ==== Translations ====