six

Betekenis (Engels)

Num

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).

Noun

1. A group or set with six elements.
2. The digit or figure 6.
3. A playing card featuring six pips.
4. Six o'clock.
5. (slang) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
6. An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
7. A touchdown.
8. (North-Wales) A bathroom or toilet.
9. (obsolete) Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

Sinonieme

sixth

6th

6

sextet

six-spot

number six

sestet

sextuplet

spruce

units

vi

half-dozen

Norway spruce

VI

Sikhs

sixer

half-a-dozen

true fir

half dozen

sise

fir

Captain Hicks

fir tree

half a dozen

hexad

Vertalings

six

6

seis

6

sechs

6

sei

6

zes

6

seis

6

sis

6

έξι

sex

6

altı

6

Sechs

6️⃣

şeş

6

sièis

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sɪks/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: six

Geërf van Old English: six

Verwante met Fries: seis

Verwante met Nederlands: zes

Verwante met Nederduits: söss

Verwante met Duits: sechs

Verwante met Noors: -

Verwante met Deens: seks

Verwante met Latyn: sex

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ἕξ

Verwante met Sanskrit: षष्

In summary

PIE word
*swéḱs
From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.

Sinne

For about six years I managed to control myself .

The virus can survive in the soil for at least six months .

She is the oldest of six siblings .

The target audience was children aged between six and twelve .

The time must have been somewhere around six o'clock .

Detailed reactions were taken after six months and since then regular monitoring was conducted .