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sexagenarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
  • /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin sexāgēnārius (“containing 60”) + -an (forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from sexāgintā (“six tens, 60”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or related to sixtysomethings.

Coordinates

septuagenarian · semicentenarian · centenarian · quinquagenarian · quadragenarian · tricenarian · supercentenarian · vicenarian · nonagenarian

Deriveds

sexagenarianism

Relateds

sexagesimal

Synonyms

hexagenarian · sexagenary

Translations (33)

la sexāgēnārius (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · ko 60대 (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · da 60-årig (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · gl sexasenario (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · cs 60letý (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · cs šedesátiletý (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · ca sexagenari (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · fi kuusikymmpinen (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · es sexagenario (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · fr sexagénaire (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · nn 60-årig (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · fr soixantenaire (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · tr altmışlı (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · nb 60-årig (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · hu hatvanvalahány éves (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · sv 60-årig (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · bg шестдесетгодишен (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · cs šedesátník (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · nb sekstiårig (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · pl sześćdziesięcioletni (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · de sechzigjährig (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · sv sextioårig (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · es sesentón (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · hu hatvanadik születésnapját betöltött (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · gl sexasenaria (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · pt sexagenário (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · gl sexaxenaria (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · ja 六十代 (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · nn sekstiårig (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · hu hatvanas (éveiben járó) (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · da sekstiårig (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · nn sekstiårs (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age) · gl sexaxenario (Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age)

sexagenarian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
  • /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin sexāgēnārius (“containing 60”) + -an (forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from sexāgintā (“six tens, 60”).

Meanings

  1. Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old.
    • Luxury hotels and travel planners must be licking their lips at the prospect that a significant portion of those new sexagenarians will want the trip of a lifetime (and hang the kids' inheritance…). 2010 December 7, J.A., “Travel in style”, in The Economist:

Forms

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sexagenarians Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

sixtysomething