• Sixth

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /sɪksθ/, /sɪkθ/
    • US IPA: /sɪksθ/
    • Rhymes: -ɪksθ

    Full definition of sixth

    Adjective

    sixth

    1. The ordinal form of the number six.

    Abbreviations

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

    Noun

    sixth

    (plural sixths)
    1. not used in the plural The person or thing in the sixth position.
    2. One of six equal parts of a whole.
    3. (music) 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.)

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