six

Significado (English)

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.

Conceptos

seis

6

el número 6

Synonyms

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/sɪks/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from inglés medio: six

Inherited from inglés antiguo: six

Cognate with frisón occidental: seis

Cognate with neerlandés: zes

Cognate with bajo alemán: söss

Cognate with alemán: sechs

Cognate with noruego: -

Cognate with danés: seks

Cognate with latín: sex

Cognate with griego antiguo: ἕξ

Cognate with sánscrito: षष्

In summary

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.

Oraciones

For about six years I managed to control myself .

Durante unos seis años logré controlarme.

She is the oldest of six siblings .

Ella es la mayor de los seis hermanos.

The target audience was children aged between six and twelve .

El público objetivo era niños de entre seis y doce años.

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

El tiempo debe haber estado en algún lugar alrededor de las seis en punto.

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

Se tomaron reacciones detalladas después de seis meses y desde entonces se realizó un monitoreo regular.

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

Una lista de seis ganadores anteriores compitió por el título de Best.

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

"Menhaden" completó seis despliegues más en las problemáticas aguas del Lejano Oriente.

Pedipalp movable finger consists with six rows of granules .

El dedo móvil de Pedipalp consiste con seis filas de gránulos.