Meanings
- The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
[…]the remaining three hundred and sixty words were then vetted with a battery of references. Six potential Mountweazels emerged.
2005 August 21, Henry Alford, “Not a Word”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 20171 more example
The first sixty argam form the basis for my own sexagesimal use, in the accounting of my business and in the dimensioning of buildings.
2014 November 24, Michael Thomas De Vlieger, “Multiplication Tables of Various Bases”, in The Number Base, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2023, page 43Synonyms: threescore
plural sixties
- broadcastingA commercial lasting 60 seconds.
[…] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space.
2014, Jules Witcover, No Way to Pick a President
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing ten more than fifty
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*sehs tigiwiz“sixty”
- Old Englishsixtiġ
- Middle Englishsixty
- Englishsixty
Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six + -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sestig
- sestigcardinal number
Ancient Greek ἑξήκοντα, ξ΄
- ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta)cardinal number
- ξ΄cardinal number
Arabic سِتِّين, سِتُّون
- سِتِّين (sittīn)cardinal number
- سِتُّون (sittūn)cardinal number
Basque hirurogei
- hirurogeicardinal number
Bengali ষাট
- ষাট (śaṭ)cardinal number
Bulgarian шестдесе́т
- шестдесе́т (šestdesét)cardinal number
Catalan seixanta
- seixantacardinal number
Chinese Mandarin 六十
- 六十 (liùshí)cardinal number
Czech šedesát
- šedesátcardinal number
Danish tres, seksti
- trescardinal number
- seksticardinal number
Dutch zestig
- zestigcardinal number
Esperanto sesdek
- sesdekcardinal number
Estonian kuuskümmend
- kuuskümmendcardinal number
Finnish kuusikymmentä
- kuusikymmentäcardinal number
French soixante
- soixantecardinal number
German sechzig
- sechzigcardinal number
Greek εξήντα
- εξήντα (exínta)cardinal number
Hawaiian kanaono
- kanaonocardinal number
Hebrew שִׁשִּׁים
- שִׁשִּׁים (shishím)cardinal number
Hindi साठ
- साठ (sāṭh)cardinal number
Hungarian hatvan
- hatvancardinal number
Icelandic sextíu
- sextíucardinal number
Indonesian enam puluh
- enam puluhcardinal number
Irish seasca
- seascacardinal number
Italian sessanta
- sessantacardinal number
Japanese 六十
- 六十cardinal number
Korean 예순, 륙십
- 예순 (yesun)cardinal number
- 륙십 (ryuksip)cardinal number
- 육십 (yuksip)cardinal number
Latin sexaginta
- sexagintacardinal number
Latvian sešdesmit
- sešdesmitcardinal number
Lithuanian šešiasdešimt
- šešiasdešimtcardinal number
Malay enam puluh
- enam puluhcardinal number
Māori ono ngahuru, ono tekau
- ono ngahurucardinal number
- ono tekaucardinal number
Norwegian seksti
- seksticardinal number
Persian شصت
- شصت (šast)cardinal number
Polish sześćdziesiąt, kopa
- sześćdziesiątcardinal number
- kopacardinal number
Portuguese sessenta
- sessentacardinal number
Punjabi ਸੱਠ
- ਸੱਠ (saṭṭha)cardinal number
Romanian șaizeci
- șaizecicardinal number
Russian шестьдеся́т
- шестьдеся́т (šestʹdesját)cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic trì fichead, seasgad
- trì ficheadcardinal number
- seasgadcardinal number
Slovak šesťdesiat
- šesťdesiatcardinal number
Spanish sesenta
- sesentacardinal number
Swahili sitini
- sitinicardinal number
Swedish sextio
- sextiocardinal number
Tagalog animnapu
- animnapucardinal number
Thai หกสิบ
- หกสิบ (hòk-sìp)cardinal number
Turkish altmış
- altmışcardinal number
Ukrainian шістьдеся́т
- шістьдеся́т (šistʹdesját)cardinal number
Urdu ساٹھ
- ساٹھ (sāṭh)cardinal number
Vietnamese sáu mươi
- sáu mươicardinal number
Welsh trigain, chwe deg
- trigaincardinal number
- chwe degcardinal number
Yiddish זעכציק
- זעכציק (zekhtsik)cardinal number
Cite this entry
sixty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty
“sixty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sixty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty.
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