sixty

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, 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 === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪksti/ (General American) enPR: sĭksʹtē, IPA(key): /ˈsɪksti/ Rhymes: -ɪkstɪ, -ɪksti Hyphenation: six‧ty === Numeral === sixty The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60. Synonym: threescore (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Previous: fifty-nine, fifty Next: sixty-one, seventy sexagesimal === Noun === sixty (plural sixties) (broadcasting) A commercial lasting 60 seconds. Coordinate term: thirty === Anagrams === xysti == Hawaiian Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English sixty. === Numeral === sixty sixty (the cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === sexti, sexty, sixti, syxty sextiȝ, sixtiȝ (Early Middle English) zixti (Kent); cexty (Promptorium Parvulorum) === Etymology === From Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs tigiwi, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz; equivalent to six +‎ -ty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsikstiː/, /ˈsɛkstiː/ === Numeral === sixty sixty (the cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60) ==== Related terms ==== sixtithe ==== Descendants ==== English: sixty Hawaiian Creole: sixty Scots: sexty, saxty ==== References ==== “sixtī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.