sixth

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɪksθ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(siksth)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sixth  (siksth),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. next after the fifth;
    being the ordinal number for six.
  2. being one of six equal parts.

n. 
  1. a sixth part, esp. of one (1⁄6).
  2. the sixth member of a series.
  3. Music and Dance
    • a tone on the sixth degree from a given tone (counted as a first).
    • the interval between such tones.
    • the harmonic combination of such tones.

adv. 
  1. in the sixth place;
    sixthly.
  • bef. 900; six + -th2; replacing sixt, Middle English sixte, Old English sixta
sixth′ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sixth /sɪksθ/ adj
  1. (usually prenominal)
    • coming after the fifth and before the seventh in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of six: often written 6th
    • (as noun): the sixth to go
 n
    • one of six equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
    • (as modifier): a sixth part
  2. the fraction equal to one divided by six ( 1⁄6)
    • the interval between one note and another note six notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
    • one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other See also major, minor, interval
 adv
  1. Also: sixthly after the fifth person, position, etc
 sentence connector
  1. Also: sixthly as the sixth point: linking what follows to the previous statements
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
six /sɪks/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a cardinal number, five plus one.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. amounting to six in number.
Idioms
  1. Idioms at sixes and sevens, in disorder or confusion.

sixth, adj., n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
six  (siks),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a cardinal number, five plus one.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. Gamesa playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips.
  5. [Cricket.]a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman. Cf. boundary (def. 3).
  6. Automotivean automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine.
  7. Automotivea six-cylinder engine.
  8. at sixes and sevens:
    • in disorder or confusion.
    • in disagreement or dispute.

adj. 
  1. amounting to six in number.
  • bef. 900; Middle English six, sex, Old English siex, syx, seox, sex; cognate with Dutch zes, Low German ses, German sechs, Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Latin sex, Greek héx, Sanskrit ṣaṣ

'sixth' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A - Adams - bushel - Collette - consonance - Digest - em - f - fall - Gad - h - Hartley - hexameter - Ismaili - June - lah - Louis IX - Massif Central - melodic minor scale - minor - Naphtali - nip - oboe - Parr - pentatonic scale - Pentecost - power - quintain - Saturn - Saxon - sestet - sestina - seventh - sext - sextan - sextant - sexto - sextuple - siesta - sixmo - sixte - sixth form - sixth sense - submediant - tertiary college - thirteenth - vespers - Virgin - Virgo - A, a

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "sixth" in the title:


Look up "sixth" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "sixth" at dictionary.com
  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Report an inappropriate ad.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.