Meanings
sixty-nine1
sixty-nine2
plural sixty-nines · alternative 69
- countableuncountablelifestyleA sex position where two people perform oral sex on each other simultaneously.
Dearest Annabelle, Having a splendid time! Last night I did a sixty-nine with Antonio that went on for HOURS. Later I even let him go in my back door, if you know what I mean, wink wink. I love that man’s tool so much! Much Love, Aunt Ruth
2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Introduction: How this book came to be”, in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 10Synonyms: soixante-neuf
present singular third person sixty-nines · participle present sixty-nining · participle past sixty-nined · past sixty-nined · alternative 69
- intransitiveslangtransitiveTo have sex in the sixty-nine position: to engage in mutual oral sex.
You pat me on the head / You took me out to wine, dine, sixty-nine me / But didn't hear a damn word I said
1995, Alanis Morissette, “Right Through You”, in Jagged Little Pill1 more example
One of my old lovers liked to sixty-nine because the distraction of what she was doing kept her mind off what she was feeling so that her anxieties about what right she had to feel so good could not as easily keep her from feeling it.
1976, Marilyn Gayle, What Lesbians Do, Amazon Reality Collective
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number immediately following sixty-eight and preceding seventy.
nounA sex position where two people perform oral sex on each other simultaneously.
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Origin
- Frenchsoixante-neuf
- Englishsixty-nine
Calque of French soixante-neuf, from the rotational symmetry of the numeral 69 — if rotated a half-turn (by 180°), the numeral remains the same, and a couple both giving oral sex at once have, in principle, a similar rotational symmetry.
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Afrikaans nege-en-sestig
- nege-en-sestigcardinal number
Arabic تِسْعَة وَسِتُّون
- تِسْعَة وَسِتُّونcardinal number
Basque hirurogeita bederatzi
- hirurogeita bederatzicardinal number
Bengali উনসত্তর
- উনসত্তর (unośottor)cardinal number
Bulgarian шестдесет и девет, шейсет и девет
- шестдесет и девет (šestdeset i devet)cardinal number
- шейсет и девет (šejset i devet)cardinal number
- шестдесет и девет (šestdeset i devet)sex position
- шейсет и девет (šejset i devet)sex position
Catalan seixanta-nou, seixanta-nou
- seixanta-noucardinal number
- seixanta-nousex position
Chinese Cantonese 六十九
- 六十九 (luk⁶ sap⁶ gau²)cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin 六十九, 69式
- 六十九 (liùshíjiǔ)cardinal number
- 69式 (liùjiǔ shì)sex position
- 六十九式 (liùshíjiǔ shì)sex position
Danish niogtres, niogtres
- niogtrescardinal number
- niogtressex position
- 69'ersex position
Dutch negenenzestig, standje 69
- negenenzestigcardinal number
- standje 69sex position
Esperanto sesdek naŭ, sesdeknaŭo
- sesdek naŭcardinal number
- sesdeknaŭosex position
Finnish kuusikymmentäyhdeksän, kuusysi
- kuusikymmentäyhdeksäncardinal number
- kuusysisex position
- 69-asentosex position
French soixante-neuf, soixante-neuf
- soixante-neufcardinal number
- soixante-neufsex position
German neunundsechzig, Neunundsechzig
- neunundsechzigcardinal number
- Neunundsechzigsex position
Greek εξήντα εννέα, εξήντα εννέα
- εξήντα εννέα (exínta ennéa)cardinal number
- εξήντα εννέα (exínta ennéa)sex position
Hebrew ששים־ותשעה
- ששים־ותשעה (shishím və-téysha)cardinal number
Hindi उनहत्तर, ६९
- उनहत्तर (unhattar)cardinal number
- ६९sex position
Hungarian hatvankilenc, hatvankilences
- hatvankilenccardinal number
- hatvankilencessex position
- hatvankilencsex position
- 69-essex position
Icelandic sextíu og níu
- sextíu og níucardinal number
Italian sessantanove, sessantanove
- sessantanovecardinal number
- sessantanovesex position
Japanese 六十九, シックスナイン
- 六十九 (rokujūkyū)cardinal number
- シックスナイン (shikkusunain)sex position
Korean 예순아홉, 육십구
- 예순아홉 (yesunahop)cardinal number
- 육십구 (yuksipgu)cardinal number
- 69sex position
- 육구 (yukgu)sex position
Latin sexaginta novem
- sexaginta novemcardinal number
Malay enam puluh sembilan
- enam puluh sembilancardinal number
Norwegian niogseksti
- niogseksticardinal number
Persian شصت و نه, شصت و نه
- شصت و نه (šast va noh)cardinal number
- شصت و نه (šast o noh)sex position
Polish sześćdziesiąt dziewięć
- sześćdziesiąt dziewięćcardinal number
Portuguese sessenta e nove, meia-nove
- sessenta e novecardinal number
- meia-novesex position
Punjabi ਉਣ੍ਹੱਤਰ
- ਉਣ੍ਹੱਤਰ (uṇhattar)cardinal number
Romanian șaizeci și nouă
- șaizeci și nouăcardinal number
Russian шестьдеся́т де́вять, по́за 69
- шестьдеся́т де́вять (šestʹdesját dévjatʹ)cardinal number
- по́за 69 (póza 69)sex position
- по́за шестьдеся́т де́вять (póza šestʹdesját dévjatʹ)sex position
Spanish sesenta y nueve, sesenta y nueve
- sesenta y nuevecardinal number
- sesenta y nuevesex position
Swahili sitini na tisa
- sitini na tisacardinal number
Swedish sextionio
- sextioniocardinal number
Thai หกสิบเก้า, 69
- หกสิบเก้าcardinal number
- 69sex position
- หกเก้าsex position
Turkish altmış dokuz, altmış dokuz
- altmış dokuzcardinal number
- altmış dokuzsex position
Ukrainian шістдеся́т де́в'ять
- шістдеся́т де́в'ять (šistdesját dévʺjatʹ)cardinal number
Urdu انہتر
- انہتر (unhattar)cardinal number
Welsh chwe deg naw, naw a thrigain
- chwe deg nawcardinal number
- naw a thrigaincardinal number
- chwedeg nawsex position
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sixty-nine
Cite this entry
sixty-nine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty-nine
“sixty-nine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty-nine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sixty-nine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty-nine.
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