Sixth

Adjective

 * 1) The ordinal form of the number six.

Abbreviations

 * 6th, 6th; (in names of monarchs and popes) VI

Noun

 * 1)  The person or thing in the sixth position.
 * 2) One of six equal parts of a whole.
 * 3)  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.)

Synonyms

 * ⅙

Thesaurus
consecutive intervals, decimalization, decimation, degree, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, fifth, fourth, half step, halftone, hexad, hexadic, hexagonal, hexahedral, hexamerous, hexangular, hexapartite, hexastyle, hexatomic, hexavalent, interval, less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave, parallel octaves, quinquepartition, quinquesection, second, semitone, senary, seventh, sexennial, sextipartite, sextipartition, sextuple, sixfold, step, tenth, third, tithe, tone, unison interval, whole step

Adjective

 * Arabic:  ,
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: seigarren
 * Breton: c'hwec'hvet
 * Catalan: (abbreviation 6è)
 * Chinese: 第六
 * Crimean Tatar: altıncı
 * Czech: šestý (abbreviation 6.)
 * Danish: sjette (abbreviation 6.)
 * Dutch: zesde (abbreviations 6de, 6e)
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: sixième (before the noun) (abbreviation 6ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) six (after the name) (abbreviation VI)
 * German: sechste (abbreviation 6.)
 * Greek: έκτος
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: keenam (abbreviation ke-6)
 * Interlingua: sexte (abbreviation 6e)
 * Irish: séú (abbreviation 6ú)
 * Italian: sesto, sesta (before the noun) (abbreviations 6º , 6ª ); (in names of monarchs and popes) sesto , sesta  (after the name) (abbreviation VI)
 * Japanese: 六番目 (ろくばんめ, rokuban-me)


 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: شه‌شه‌م
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Maltese: is-sitt
 * Manchu: (ningguci)
 * Manx: sheyoo (abbreviation 6oo)
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: siexta (abbreviation 6., 6ta)
 * Polish: szósty, szósta , szóste (abbreviation 6.)
 * Portuguese: sexto, sexta (abbreviations 6º, 6ª)
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: šesti, šesta , šesto
 * Spanish: sexto, sexta (abbreviations 6º , 6ª )
 * Swedish: sjätte (abbreviation 6:e)
 * Tatar: алтынчы
 * Turkish: altıncı (abbreviations 6'ncı, 6.)
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: mälid
 * Welsh: chweched (abbreviation 6ed)
 * West Frisian: sechste, seisde (abbreviation 6e)

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Basque: seigarren
 * Esperanto: sesa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Interlingua: sexto, sexta
 * Italian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: شه‌شه‌م


 * Kyrgyz: алтынчы
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: cel al şaselea, cea a şasea
 * Russian: шестой
 * Slovene: šesti, šesta , šesto
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: altıncı
 * Ukrainian: шостий


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Interlingua: sexto


 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: şesime
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: seksti
 * German:


 * Polish:
 * Slovene: seksta

Related terms

 * major sixth
 * minor sixth
 * sixth sense