different between sixty vs sexagesimal

English

Etymology

From Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English siexti?, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six +? -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit ????? (?a??i).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?kst?/
• (General American) enPR: s?ks?t?, IPA^(key): /?s?ksti/
• Hyphenation: six?ty

Numeral

sixty

1. The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

Synonyms

• Arabic numerals: 60
• Roman numerals: LX

Translations

See also

• Previous: fifty-nine, fifty
• Next: sixty-one, seventy
• sexagesimal

Anagrams

• xysti

English

Etymology

From Latin sexagesimalis, from sexagesimus (“sixtieth”), from sexaginta (“sixty”).

Adjective

sexagesimal (not comparable)

1. (arithmetic) Of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or based on the number sixty.

Translations

Noun

sexagesimal (plural sexagesimals)

1. A sexagesimal fraction.

German

Etymology

From Latin sexagesimalis, from sexagesimus (“sixtieth”), from sexaginta (“sixty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?z?ksa?ezi?ma?l]
• Hyphenation: se?xa?ge?si?mal

Adjective

sexagesimal (not comparable)

1. sexagesimal, based on the number sixty

Declension

Synonyms

• hexagesimal
• auf die Grundzahl 60 bezogen (descriptive):

Related terms

• Sexagesimalbruch, Sexagesimalstelle, Sexagesimalsystem, Sexagesimalzahl

Further reading

• “sexagesimal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “sexagesimal” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French sexagésimal.

Adjective

sexagesimal m or n (feminine singular sexagesimal?, masculine plural sexagesimali, feminine and neuter plural sexagesimale)

1. sexagesimal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

sexagesimal (plural sexagesimales)

1. sexagesimal