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sixth
(sĭksth)n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number six in a series.
2. One of six equal parts.
3. Music
a. An interval of six degrees in a diatonic scale.
b. A tone separated by this interval from a given tone.
c. The harmonic combination of two tones separated by this interval.
d. The sixth tone of a scale; the submediant.
sixth adv. & adj.
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sixth
(sɪksθ)adj
(Mathematics) (usually prenominal)
a. 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
b. (as noun): the sixth to go.
n
1. (Mathematics)
a. one of six equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
b. (as modifier): a sixth part.
2. (Mathematics) the fraction equal to one divided by six ()
3. (Music, other) music
a. the interval between one note and another note six notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
b. one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other. See also major14, minor4, interval5
c. short for sixth chord
adv
Also: sixthly after the fifth person, position, etc
sentence connector
Also: sixthly as the sixth point: linking what follows to the previous statements
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
sixth
(sɪksθ)adj.
1. next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.
2. being one of six equal parts.
n. 3. a sixth part, esp. of one (?).
4. the sixth member of a series.
5.
adv. a. a musical interval encompassing six diatonic degrees.
b. a tone at this interval.
6. in the sixth place.
[1520–30]
sixth′ly, adv.
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| Noun | 1. |  sixth - position six in a countable series of thingsrank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" |
| 2. | sixth - one part in six equal parts common fraction, simple fraction - the quotient of two integers | |
| 3. | sixth - the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it musical interval, interval - the difference in pitch between two notes | |
| Adj. | 1. |  sixth - coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in positionordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" |
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Translations
السَّادِسُالسّادِسسُدْس
sextsextasisè
šestýšestina
sjette
sesa
kuudes
šesti
hatodikhatod
sjötti
六番目の
6분의 1
šeštašeštadalisšeštas
şaseaşaseleaşesime
šestinašiesty
šestišestina
sexasjättesjättedel
ที่หก
altıncı1/66.ıncıaltıda biri
thứ sáu
sixth
[sɪksθ]A. ADJ → sexto
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sixth
[ˈsɪksθ] n
(gen) → sixième mf
(= fraction) → sixième m
(British) (in schools) lower sixth, upper sixthsixth form n (British) (in schools) → classes fpl de première et terminalesixth-form college n lycée n'ayant que des classes de première et de terminalesixth-former [ˈsɪksθfɔːrmər] sixth-form pupil n élève de première ou de terminalesixth grade n (US) (in schools) the sixth grade → le CM2sixth-grader [ˌsɪksθˈgreɪdər] n → élève mf de sixièmesixth sense n → sixième sens m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sixth
adj → sechste(r, s); a sixth part → ein Sechstel nt; he was or came sixth → er wurde Sechster; he was sixth from the end/left → er war der Sechste von hinten/von links
n
(= date) the sixth → der Sechste; on the sixth → am Sechsten; the sixth of September, September the sixth → der sechste September
(Brit) = sixth form
adv he did it sixth (= the sixth person to do it) → er hat es als Sechster gemacht; (= the sixth thing he did) → er hat es als Sechstes or an sechster Stelle gemacht
sixth
:sixth form
n (Brit) → Abschlussklasse f, → ˜ Prima f
sixth grade
n (US Sch) sechstes Schuljahr (unmittelbar vor Eintritt in die Junior Highschool)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sixth
[sɪksθ]1. adj → sesto/a
2. n (in series) → sesto/a; (fraction) → sesto
the upper/lower sixth (Brit) (Scol) → l'ultimo/il penultimo anno di scuola superiore
for usage see fifth
the upper/lower sixth (Brit) (Scol) → l'ultimo/il penultimo anno di scuola superiore
for usage see fifth
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
six
(siks) noun1. the number or figure 6.
2. the age of 6.
adjective1. 6 in number.
2. aged 6.
six- having six (of something). a six-cylinder engine.
sixth noun1. one of six equal parts.
2. (also adjective) (the) last of six (people, things etc); (the) next after the fifth.
ˈsix-year-old noun a person or animal that is six years old.
adjective (of a person, animal or thing) that is six years old.
at sixes and sevens in confusion; completely disorganized. On the day before the wedding, the whole house was at sixes and sevens.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
sixth
→ السَّادِسُ šestý sjette sechster έκτος sexto kuudes sixième šesti sesto 六番目の 6분의 1 zesde sjette szósty sexto шестой sjätte ที่หก altıncı thứ sáu 第六Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009