six
[ siks ]
/ sɪks /
noun
adjective
amounting to six in number.
Idioms for six
- in disorder or confusion.
- in disagreement or dispute.
at sixes and sevens,
Origin of six
before 900; Middle English
six, sex, Old English
siex, syx, seox, sex; cognate with Dutch
zes, Low German
ses, German
sechs, Old Norse
sex, Gothic
saihs, Latin
sex, Greek
héx, Sanskrit
ṣaṣ
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British Dictionary definitions for six (1 of 2)
six
/ (sɪks) /
noun
determiner
- amounting to sixsix nations
- (as pronoun)set the table for six
Other words from six
Related prefixes: hexa-, sex-Word Origin for six
Old English
siex; related to Old Norse
sex, Gothic
saihs, Old High German
sehs, Latin
sex, Greek
hex, Sanskrit
sastha
British Dictionary definitions for six (2 of 2)
Six
/ (French sis) /
noun
Les Six (le)
a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre
Idioms and Phrases with six
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