six

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/sɪks/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

Frasi

For about six years I managed to control myself .

Per circa sei anni sono riuscito a controllarmi.

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

Il tempo deve essere stato da qualche parte verso le sei.

Pedipalp movable finger consists with six rows of granules .

Il dito mobile di Pedipalp è costituito con sei file di granuli.