six

Betekenis (Engels)

Num

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

Noun

1. A group or set with six elements.
2. The digit or figure 6.
3. Six o'clock.
4. (slang) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
5. 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.
6. A touchdown.
7. A bathroom or toilet.
8. (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

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sɪks/

Etimologie (Engels)

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 .

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 .

A shortlist of six previous winners competed for the title of Best .

" Menhaden " completed six more deployments in the troubled waters of the Far East .

Pedipalp movable finger consists with six rows of granules .