sixth

Meanings

Adjective

• The ordinal form of the number six.

Noun

• The person or thing in the sixth position.
• One of six equal parts of a whole.
• 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.)

Verb

• to divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six

Related

Similar words

• ⅙

Origin

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