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sixty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɪksti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsɪksti/ (General-American)
  • (UK) audio
  • (US) audio
  • sĭksʹtē (General-American)

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).

Meanings

  1. A commercial lasting 60 seconds.
    • […] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space. 2014, Jules Witcover, No Way to Pick a President:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sixties Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

thirty

sixty en · NUM

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɪksti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsɪksti/ (General-American)
  • (UK) audio
  • (US) audio
  • sĭksʹtē (General-American)

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).

Meanings

  1. The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
    • […]the remaining three hundred and sixty words were then vetted with a battery of references. Six potential Mountweazels emerged. 2005 August 21, Henry Alford, “Not a Word”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2017:
    • The first sixty argam form the basis for my own sexagesimal use, in the accounting of my business and in the dimensioning of buildings. 2014 November 24, Michael Thomas De Vlieger, “Multiplication Tables of Various Bases”, in The Number Base, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2023, page 43:

Deriveds

sixty-third · sixty-fourth · sixty-fifth · sixty-six · sixty-eleven · sixty-seven · sixty-nine · sixty-sixth · sixty-eight · sixty-ninth · sixty cycle hum · sixty-two · sixty-second · sixty-something · sixty-one · sixtyodd · sixtysomething · sixtyish · like sixty · sixty-first · sixty-three · screaming sixties · sixty-seventh · north of sixty · sixty-eighth · sixty-four · shrieking sixties

Relateds

fifty-nine (Previous) · fifty (Previous) · seventy (Next) · sixty-one (Next) · sexagesimal

Synonyms

threescore

Translations (193)

lkt wikčémna šákpe (cardinal number) · eu hirurogei (cardinal number) · lij sciûscianta (cardinal number) · ko 육십 (cardinal number) · ml അറുപത് (cardinal number) · ca seixanta (cardinal number) · cu шесть десѧтъ (cardinal number) · klj altmış (cardinal number) · gur pisyoobɩ (cardinal number) · ast sesenta (cardinal number) · la sexaginta (cardinal number) · pam anam a pulu (cardinal number) · cy trigain (cardinal number) · pt sessenta (cardinal number) · mkj woneijek (cardinal number) · cmn 六十 (cardinal number) · sh шездесет (cardinal number) · ps شپېته (cardinal number) · lv sešdesmit (cardinal number) · fy sechstich (cardinal number) · lb siechzeg (cardinal number) · nv hastą́diin (cardinal number) · fj onosagavulu (cardinal number) · na añama (cardinal number) · chr ᏑᏓᎵᏍᎪᎯ (cardinal number) · ha sìttin (cardinal number) · io sisadek (cardinal number) · ht swasant (cardinal number) · gd seasgad (cardinal number) · ia sexanta (cardinal number) · am ስልሳ (cardinal number) · ty ono 'ahuru (cardinal number) · sk šesťdesiat (cardinal number) · no seksti (cardinal number) · lou swasant (cardinal number) · yi זעכציק (cardinal number) · hi साठ (cardinal number) · sw sitini (cardinal number) · sh šezdeset (cardinal number) · tk altmyş (cardinal number) · tl animnapu (cardinal number) · gv tree feed (cardinal number) · enm sixty (cardinal number) · crh altmış (cardinal number) · cs šedesát (cardinal number) · sc sessanta (cardinal number) · pl sześćdziesiąt (cardinal number) · mn жар (cardinal number) · vo mäldeg (cardinal number) · si හැට (cardinal number) · ur ساٹھ (cardinal number) · rm sessanta (cardinal number) · jv sawidak (cardinal number) · kjh алтон (cardinal number) · rue шістдеся́ть (cardinal number) · he שִׁשִּׁים (cardinal number) · gl sesenta (cardinal number) · ang sixtiġ (cardinal number) · sat ᱛᱩᱨᱩᱭ ᱜᱮᱞ (cardinal number) · as ষাঠি (cardinal number) · otk 𐰞𐱄𐰢𐱀 (cardinal number) · rsk шейдзешат (cardinal number) · ko 륙십 (cardinal number) · pms sessanta (cardinal number) · pdc sechzich (cardinal number) · vi sáu mươi (cardinal number) · eo sesdek (cardinal number) · cv утмӑл (cardinal number) · rcf soisant (cardinal number) · sah алта уон (cardinal number) · uk шістьдеся́т (cardinal number) · tt алтмыш (cardinal number) · af sestig (cardinal number) · war kaunman (cardinal number) · izh kuuskymment (cardinal number) · sm onosefulu (cardinal number) · shn ႁူၵ်းသိပ်း (cardinal number) · krc алтмыш (cardinal number) · dz དྲུག་ཅུ (cardinal number) · to onongofulu (cardinal number) · tpi sikisti (cardinal number) · sl šestdeset (cardinal number) · mt sittin (cardinal number) · got 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (cardinal number) · gd trì fichead (cardinal number) · th หกสิบ (cardinal number) · hu hatvan (cardinal number) · liv kūžkimdõ (cardinal number) · ms enam puluh (cardinal number) · nrf souaixante (cardinal number) · rgn ṣànta (cardinal number) · sa षष्टि (cardinal number) · el εξήντα (cardinal number) · hy վաթսուն (cardinal number) · kk алпыс (cardinal number) · te అరవై (cardinal number) · hil kan-uman (cardinal number) · mi ono ngahuru (cardinal number) · tyv алдан (cardinal number) · grc ἑξήκοντα (cardinal number) · lo ຫົກສິບ (cardinal number) · xbc χοατο (cardinal number) · id enam puluh (cardinal number) · sq gjashtëdhjetë (cardinal number) · ug ئاتمىش (cardinal number) · qu suqta chunka (cardinal number) · uz oltmish (cardinal number) · mr साठ (cardinal number) · arz ستين (cardinal number) · lad sesenta (cardinal number) · ar سِتُّون (cardinal number) · rm sesaunta (cardinal number) · grc ξ΄ (cardinal number) · tpi sikispela ten (cardinal number) · mnc ᠨᡳᠨᠵᡠ (cardinal number) · sv sextio (cardinal number) · nl zestig (cardinal number) · rm sissànta (cardinal number) · am ፷) (cardinal number) · be шэ́сцьдзесят (cardinal number) · cy chwe deg (cardinal number) · pa ਸੱਠ (cardinal number) · pl kopa (cardinal number) · mi ono tekau (cardinal number) · br tri-ugent (cardinal number) · nrf sessànte (cardinal number) · ba алтмыш (cardinal number) · om jaatama (cardinal number) · tr altmış (cardinal number) · fr soixante (cardinal number) · km ហុកសិប (cardinal number) · tg шаст (cardinal number) · txb ṣkaska (cardinal number) · esu pingayun ipiaq (cardinal number) · ru шестьдеся́т (cardinal number) · av лъабкъого (cardinal number) · hwc sixty (cardinal number) · bg шестдесе́т (cardinal number) · wuu 六十 (cardinal number) · bcl anom na pulo (cardinal number) · esu yuinaak pingayun (cardinal number) · vec sesanta (cardinal number) · ceb kan-oman (cardinal number) · koi кватьдас (cardinal number) · rup shaidzãtsi (cardinal number) · unm kwëtash txinxke (cardinal number) · ja 六十 (cardinal number) · scn sissanta (cardinal number) · ro șaizeci (cardinal number) · fur sessante (cardinal number) · fa شصت (cardinal number) · ka სამოცი (cardinal number) · rm sesanta (cardinal number) · oj ningodwaasimidana (cardinal number) · lld sessanta (cardinal number) · bn ষাট (cardinal number) · ota آلتمش (cardinal number) · lt šešiasdešimt (cardinal number) · ar سِتِّين (cardinal number) · da tres (cardinal number) · mfe swasant (cardinal number) · udm куатьтон (cardinal number) · alt алтан (cardinal number) · ga seasca (cardinal number) · it sessanta (cardinal number) · my ခြောက်ဆယ် (cardinal number) · chk wone (cardinal number) · dtp onom nohopod (cardinal number) · oc seissanta (cardinal number) · ilo innem a pulo (cardinal number) · ko 예순 (cardinal number) · es sesenta (cardinal number) · mk ше́есет (cardinal number) · yua óoxkʼáal (cardinal number) · de sechzig (cardinal number) · da seksti (cardinal number) · ckb شەست (cardinal number) · az altmış (cardinal number) · ny makumi asanu n'limodzi (cardinal number) · dv ފަސްދޮޅަސް (cardinal number) · dv ހަށްޓި (cardinal number) · ce кхузткъа (cardinal number) · kum алтмыш (cardinal number) · rup shaidzãts (cardinal number) · cjs алтон (cardinal number) · et kuuskümmend (cardinal number) · ky алтымыш (cardinal number) · haw kanaono (cardinal number) · fi kuusikymmentä (cardinal number) · am ሥልሳ (cardinal number) · is sextíu (cardinal number) · rm sissonta (cardinal number) · lad סיסינטה (cardinal number)