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six
Translingual
Etymology
From English six
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?siks]
Numeral
six
- Code word for the digit 6 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
Synonyms
ITU/IMO code word soxisix
References
English
Etymology
From Middle English six, from Old English syx, siex, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swé?s. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ?? (héx), Sanskrit ??? (?a?). Doublet of sice.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /s?ks/, enPR: s?ks
- Rhymes: -?ks
- Homophones: sicks, sics
Numeral
six
- A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).
- Describing a group or set with six elements.
Derived terms
Related terms
- sixth
Translations
Noun
six (plural sixes)
- The digit or figure 6.
- (military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
- (cricket, countable) 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.
- (American football) A touchdown.
- (obsolete) Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.
Derived terms
- at sixes and sevens
- deep six
- hit someone for six
- long six
- short six
- six feet under
Translations
See also
- 6 (Arabic numeral)
- ?, ? (Chinese numerals)
- ? or VI (Roman numeral)
- ??? (st?) or ?? (??) (Greek numeral)
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
Anagrams
- ISX, XIs, xis
French
Etymology
From Middle French six, from Old French sis, six, from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swé?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sis/
- (before a vowel or mute h) IPA(key): /si.z?/
- (before a consonant or aspirate h) IPA(key): /si/
- Rhymes: -is
Noun
six m (plural six)
- six
Derived terms
- sixain
- six cents
- Six Nations
- six-huit
- à la six-quatre-deux
- sixte
- sizain
- sixième
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: sis
- Louisiana Creole French: sis
- Mauritian Creole: sis
See also
Further reading
- “six” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sex, cex
Etymology
From Old English siex, syx, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swé?s. Possibly influenced by French six, from the same Proto-Indo-European numeral.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?siks/
Numeral
six
- six
Related terms
- sixte
- sixtene
Descendants
- English: six
- Scots: sex, sax
- Yola: zeese
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French sis, six.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (in isolation) /sis/, (before a vowel) /siz/, (before a consonant) /si/
Numeral
six (invariable)
- six
Descendants
- French: six
- Haitian Creole: sis
- Louisiana Creole French: sis
- Mauritian Creole: sis
- Norman: six
Norman
Etymology
From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swé?s.
Pronunciation
Numeral
six
- (Jersey, Guernsey) six
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hexapod
English
Etymology
From hexa- +? -pod, from Ancient Greek ??????- (hexapod-), oblique stem of ??????? (hexápous, “six-footed”), from ???- (hexa-, “six”) +? ???? (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h?k.s?.p?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?h?k.s?.p?d/
Noun
hexapod (plural hexapods)
- Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
- 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard (eds.), Robotics: Science and Systems II, page 97
- These concepts are applied to a robotic hexapod, which, through the use of compliant microspines on its feet, is capable of climbing hard vertical textured surfaces, such as stucco
- 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard (eds.), Robotics: Science and Systems II, page 97
- An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
- (dated) An insect.
Derived terms
Related terms
- decapod
- isopod
- octopod
- tetrapod
Translations
Adjective
hexapod (not comparable)
- Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda, hexapodous.
Romanian
Etymology
From French hexapode.
Adjective
hexapod m or n (feminine singular hexapod?, masculine plural hexapozi, feminine and neuter plural hexapode)
- hexapodous
Declension
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