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Asturian
Adjective
sesto
- neuter of sestu
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin sextus.
Adjective
sesto (feminine sesta, masculine plural sesti, feminine plural seste)
- (ordinal number) sixth
Noun
sesto m (plural sesti)
- (fractional number) sixth
Etymology 2
Substantivization of the previous.
Noun
sesto m (plural sesti)
- (archaic) pair of compasses
- Synonym: compasso
- (singular only) layout, due place, order
- mettere in sesto ― to organize
- dar sesto ― to organize
- porre a sesto ― to organize
- rimettere in sesto ― to fix, repair or mend
- (architecture) curve (of an arch)
- arco a sesto acuto ― pointed arch, ogive
- arco a tutto sesto ― round arch
- (printing) sexto
Derived terms
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Venetian
Noun
sesto m (plural sesti)
- gesture
- order