sixties

sixties

English

Alternative forms

• (of the decade) 'sixties

Noun

sixties

1. plural of sixty

sixties pl (plural only)

1. The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.
2. The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69.
3. The range of temperature ranging from 60° through 69°, Celsius or Fahrenheit.

   Highs in the mid sixties.

Synonyms

• 1960s, '60s, 60s

Translations

decade of the 1960s

Dutch: jaren zestig n pl, jaren 60 n pl, jaren 1960 n pl Esperanto: 1960-aj jaroj Finnish: kuusikymmentäluku French: années soixante f pl, années 60 f pl German: sechziger Jahre n pl, Sechziger pl Hungarian: hatvanas évek

Japanese: 六十年代 (rokujūnendai), 60年代 (rokujūnendai) Korean: 60년대 (yuksimnyeondae) Polish: lata sześćdziesiąte pl, lata 60. pl Swedish: sextiotalet n, sextiotal (sv) n Welsh: trigeiniau m pl

See also

decades in English (edit)

21st century	2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s
20th century	1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
19th century	1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s
18th century	1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
Decade only	00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s
	'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s
	00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's
	aughts/noughties/oughts · oneties/tens/teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties
Nicknames	Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Swinging Sixties · Dirty Thirties · Roaring Twenties

• sexagenarian