different between sixth vs vespers

English

Alternative forms

• sixt (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?k(s)?/, [s?k(s)?], [s?k(s)t?] (before a consonant often reduced to [s?ks])
• Rhymes: -?ks?, -?k?
• Homophone: six (frequent reduced form before a consonant)

Adjective

sixth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number six.

   • Transliterated: And God saw everything that he had made: and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Synonyms

6th, 6^th, VIth; (in names of monarchs and popes) VI

Translations

Noun

sixth (plural sixths)

1. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
2. One of six equal parts of a whole.
3. (music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)

Synonyms

• (one of six equal parts): ?

Translations

Verb

sixth (third-person singular simple present sixths, present participle sixthing, simple past and past participle sixthed)

1. to divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six
   • 1993 Dead Reckoning: Calculating Without Instruments page 102

     Why would anyone use sixthing when any (N ? a²) divisible by 6 would also be divisible by 3? The answer is that sometimes the numerator and/or the denominator is simpler in sixthing,

Related terms

• French sixth
• Italian sixth
• major sixth
• minor sixth
• sixth sense

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English vespers, from Old French vespres (French vêpres), from Latin vesper (“evening star”).

Noun

vespers (uncountable)

1. (Christianity) The sixth of the seven canonical hours

Related terms

• smokefall

Noun

vespers

1. plural of vesper

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vespres

Etymology

From Old French vespres, from Latin vesper (“evening star”).

Noun

vespers (uncountable)

1. (Christianity) The sixth of the seven canonical hours.
2. (Christianity) The liturgical service celebrated at this time.

Descendants

• English: vespers

See also

• Vesper

References

• “vesper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.