sexto

sexto

See also: Sexto

English

Etymology

From Latin sextus (“sixth”).

Noun

sexto (plural sextos)

1. A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.

See also

English paper and book sizes

Latin	folio	quarto	sexto	octavo	duodecimo	sextodecimo	octodecimo	vicesimo-quarto	trigesimo-secundo	quadragesimo-octavo	sexagesimo-quarto
ALA	F	Q		O	D	S	T		Tt	Fe	Sf
ht. (cm)	> 30	25-30	25-30	20-25	17.5-20	15-17.5	12.5-15	12.5-15	10-12.5	7.5-10	< 7.5
printers'	folio	quarto	sixmo	octavo	twelvemo	sixteenmo	eighteenmo	twenty-fourmo	thirty-twomo	forty-eightmo	sixty-fourmo
abbrev.	fo or f	4to	6to or 6mo	8vo	12mo	16mo	18mo	24mo	32mo	48mo	64mo
abbrev.	2º	4º	6º	8º	12º	16º	18º	24º	32º	48º	64º
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References

• sexto in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Etymology

Blend of sexe +‎ texto

Pronunciation

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Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)

1. sext

Adverb

sexto

1. sixthly

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Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Multiplier: séxtuplo     Fractional: sexto

Alternative forms

• 6º m, 6ª f (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Latin sextus.

Adjective

sexto m (feminine singular sexta, masculine plural sextos, feminine plural sextas)

1. sixth

Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)

1. sixth

Further reading

• “sexto” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Latin

Numeral

sextō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sextus

References

• “sexto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sexto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6.º     Multiplier: sêxtuplo     Fractional: sexto     Group: sexteto
Portuguese Wikipedia article on 6

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sexto, seisto, sesto, from Latin sextus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈses.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈses.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈseʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈses.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐjʃ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐjʃ.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsejʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈseʃ.tu/

• Homophone: cesto (Brazil, Southern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: sex‧to

Adjective

sexto (feminine sexta, masculine plural sextos, feminine plural sextas)

1. (ordinal number) sixth

Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)

1. (fractional number) sixth (one of six parts of a whole)

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Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6.º     Multiplier: séxtuple     Fractional: sexto
Spanish Wikipedia article on 6

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sextus, along with several other ordinal numerals (segundo, quinto, séptimo), a tendency shared with many other Romance languages. Compare the inherited feminine doublets, sesma and siesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɡsto/ [ˈseɣ̞s.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eɡsto
  • Syllabification: sex‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈsesto/ [ˈses.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -esto
• (Colombia)

  Audio

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Adjective

sexto (feminine sexta, masculine plural sextos, feminine plural sextas)

1. (ordinal number) sixth

   Synonym: seisavo

Abbreviations

• 6.º m
• 6.ª f

Derived terms

• bajo sexto
• sexto sentido

Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)

1. (fractional number) sixth, ¹⁄₆

Further reading

• “sexto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014