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- [siksth]
- /sɪksθ/
- /sɪksθ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [siksth]
- /sɪksθ/
Definitions of sixth word
- adjective sixth next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six. 1
- adjective sixth being one of six equal parts. 1
- noun sixth a sixth part, especially of one (1/6). 1
- noun sixth the sixth member of a series. 1
- noun sixth Music. 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. 1
- adverb sixth in the sixth place; sixthly. 1
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Origin of sixth
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; six + -th2; replacing sixt, Middle English sixte, Old English sixta
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sixth
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sixth popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sixth usage trend in Literature
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