sexta

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sexta, feminine singular of sextus.

Noun

la sexta major
la sexta menor

sexta f (plural sextes)

  1. (music) sixth
  2. sext; a liturgical hour
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

sexta

  1. feminine singular of sext

Latin

Etymology

See sextus. As a noun, by agreement with an implied hora (“hour”).

Noun

sexta f (genitive sextae); first declension

  1. Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
  2. (Roman Catholicism) Sext, the service appointed to this hour.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sexta sextae
Genitive sextae sextārum
Dative sextae sextīs
Accusative sextam sextās
Ablative sextā sextīs
Vocative sexta sextae

Descendants

  • English: sext
  • Spanish: siesta

Numeral

sexta

  1. inflection of sextus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Numeral

sextā

  1. ablative feminine singular of sextus

References

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehstô (“sixth”).

Adjective

sexta

  1. sixth

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
 

Numeral

sexta

  1. feminine singular of sexto

Noun

sexta f (plural sextas)

  1. Ellipsis of sexta-feira (“Friday”).

Adverb

sexta (not comparable)

  1. Ellipsis of sexta-feira (“on Friday”).

Etymology 2

Verb

sexta

  1. inflection of sextar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Noun

sexta f (plural sextas)

  1. (music) sixth
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Adjective

sexta

  1. feminine singular of sexto

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