different between six vs sextuplet

Translingual

Etymology

From English six

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?siks]

Numeral

six

1. 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

1. A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).
2. Describing a group or set with six elements.

Derived terms

Related terms

• sixth

Translations

Noun

six (plural sixes)

1. The digit or figure 6.
2. (military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).

3. (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.
4. (American football) A touchdown.
5. (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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. 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

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) six

English

Noun

sextuplet (plural sextuplets)

1. A group of six objects.
2. One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.
3. (music) A group of six notes played in the time of four.
   1. (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes.
   2. (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet.
   3. (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note.

Usage notes

Some authorities (for instance, Hugo Riemann, Theodore Bacon and Franklin Taylor) consider the double triplet to be a "false sextuplet", others (for instance, Evangelos Sembos, John Stainer and William Alexander Barrett) define the sextuplet solely as the double triplet, and still others (such as Antoine Damour, Aimable Burnett, and Élie Elwart) do not differentiate between the two.

Synonyms

• (six notes played in the time of four): sextolet

Coordinate terms

• (one of six born together): twin

Translations

See also