sexton
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English
Etymology
From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.
Pronunciation
Noun
sexton (plural sextons)
- A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
- A sexton beetle.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
church official
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Swedish
| < 15 | 16 | 17 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : sexton Ordinal : sextonde Fractional : sextondel | ||
Etymology
From Old Swedish sæxtan, siæxtān, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.
Pronunciation
Numeral
sexton
Coordinate terms
Cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
Cardinal numbers from 100 onward
- 100: hundra
- 103: tusen
- 104: tiotusen (myriad)
- 106: miljon
- 109: miljard
- 1012: biljon
- 1015: biljard
- 1018: triljon
- 1021: triljard
- 1024: kvadriljon
- 1027: kvadriljard
- 1030: kvintiljon
- 1033: kvintiljard
- 1036: sextiljon
- 1039: sextiljard
- 1042: septiljon
- 1045: septiljard
- 1048: oktiljon
- 1051: oktiljard
- 1054: noniljon
- 1057: noniljard
- 1060: deciljon
- 1063: deciljard
- 1066: undeciljon
- 1069: undeciljard
- 1072: duodeciljon
- 1075: duodeciljard
- 1078: tredeciljon
- 1081: tredeciljard
- 1084: quattuordeciljon
- 1087: quattuordeciljard
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- 10100: googol
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- 10120: vigintiljon
- 10123: vigintiljard
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