six

Meaning

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.

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

Translations

six

6

seis

6

sechs

6

sei

6

zes

6

seis

6

sis

6

έξι

sex

6

altı

6

Sechs

6️⃣

şeş

6

sièis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪks/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: six

Inherited from Old English: six

Cognate with Western Frisian: seis

Cognate with Dutch: zes

Cognate with Low German: söss

Cognate with German: sechs

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Danish: seks

Cognate with Latin: sex

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἕξ

Cognate with 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.

Sentences

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 .