sixte
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French sixte, from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪkst/
- Rhymes: -ɪkst
- Homophone: sixt
Noun
sixte (uncountable)
- (fencing) The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sikst/
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Descendants
- → English: sixte
Further reading
- “sixte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
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← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixte |
Etymology
From Old English sixta, from Proto-West Germanic *sehstō, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô.
Equivalent to six + -the (ordinal suffix), which some forms are remodeled on; though this is rare in Middle English, unlike than in fifte. Forms with -st- are from the Old English variant sesta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsikst(ə)/, /ˈsɛkst(ə)/
- (rare) IPA(key): /ˈsiksθ(ə)/, /ˈsɛksθ(ə)/
- (early) IPA(key): /ˈsɛst(ə)/
References
- “sixt(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-22.
Noun
sixte
- A sixth; something which is sixth.
- (rare) A musical sixth; a note a sixth away from another given note.
References
- “sixt(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-22.
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