# sexto
## English
### Etymology

From Latin sextus (“sixth”).

### Noun

sexto (plural sextos)
* 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 |
| height (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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛk.sto/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Blend of sexe +‎ texto

#### Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)
* sext

### Etymology 2

From Latin sextus (“sixth”).

#### Adverb

sexto
* sixthly

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* 6º m, 6ª f (abbreviation)

### Etymology

From Latin sextus.

### Adjective

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

### Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)
* sixth

### Further reading

* “sexto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Latin
### Numeral

sextō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sextus

### Adverb

sextō (not comparable)
* six times

### 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.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈses.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈses.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈseʃ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈses.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɐjʃ.tu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɐjʃ.tu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈsejʃ.tu/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈsejʃ.tu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈseʃ.tu/
* Homophone: cesto (Brazil, Southern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: sex‧to

#### Adjective

sexto (feminine sexta, masculine plural sextos, feminine plural sextas)
* (ordinal number) sixth

#### Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)
* (fractional number) sixth (one of six parts of a whole)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sexto
* first-person singular present indicative of sextar

## Spanish
### 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: /ˈseɡsto/ [ˈseɣ̞s.t̪o]
** Rhymes: -eɡsto
* IPA: /ˈsesto/ [ˈses.t̪o]
** Rhymes: -esto
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Syllabification: sex‧to

### Adjective

sexto (feminine sexta, masculine plural sextos, feminine plural sextas)
* (ordinal number) sixth
    Synonym: seisavo

#### Abbreviations

* 6.º m
* 6.ª f

#### Derived terms

* bajo sexto
* sexto sentido

### Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)
* (fractional number) sixth, $^1$⁄$_6$

### Further reading

* “sexto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10