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six

Pronunciation: /sɪks/

The English word “six” has 11 meanings listed here.

numeral

  1. A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).

noun

  1. A group or set with six elements.
  2. The digit or figure 6.
  3. A playing card featuring six pips.
  4. A person who is six years old.
  5. Six o'clock.
  6. Rear, behind (rear side of something).
  7. 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.
  8. A touchdown.
  9. A bathroom or toilet.
  10. Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

Etymology

PIE word *swéḱs From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.

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