sixte

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sixte, from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkst/
• Rhymes: -ɪkst
• Homophone: sixt

Noun

sixte (uncountable)

1. (fencing) The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level.

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sikst/

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Noun

sixte f (plural sixtes)

1. (music) Interval of six notes
2. (fencing) sixte

Descendants

• → English: sixte

Noun

sixte m (plural sixtes)

1. (law) Sixth part of a tithe which belongs to a lord

Further reading

• “sixte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• seste, sext, sexte, sexþe, sixt, sixþe, syxt, syxte, zixte

Etymology

From Old English sixta, from Proto-West Germanic *sehstō, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô.

Equivalent to six +‎ -the (ordinal suffix), which some forms are remodeled on; though this is rare in Middle English, unlike than in fifte. Forms with -st- are from the Old English variant sesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsikst(ə)/, /ˈsɛkst(ə)/
• (rare) IPA^(key): /ˈsiksθ(ə)/, /ˈsɛksθ(ə)/
• (early) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛst(ə)/

Adjective

sixte

1. sixth

Descendants

• English: sixth
• Scots: sixt, sext, saxt

References

• “sixt(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-22.

Noun

sixte

1. A sixth; something which is sixth.
2. (rare) A musical sixth; a note a sixth away from another given note.

Descendants

• English: sixth (confer obsolete sixt)
• Scots: sixt, sext, saxt

References

• “sixt(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-22.