six

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

six

10

demi-douzaine

sextuor

sextuplé

sis

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɪks/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

Phrases

For about six years I managed to control myself .

Pendant environ six ans, j'ai réussi à me contrôler.

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

Le temps devait être quelque part vers six heures.

Pedipalp movable finger consists with six rows of granules .

Le doigt mobile Pedipalp se compose de six rangées de granules.