# six
## Translingual

* Signal flag for the digit 6

### Alternative forms

* Six, SIX

### Etymology

Borrowed from English six.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɪks]

### Noun

six
* (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 6.
    Synonym: soxisix (ITU/IMO)
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes :
| Alfa | Bravo | Charlie | Delta | Echo | Foxtrot | Golf | Hotel | India | Juliett | Kilo | Lima | Mike |
| November | Oscar | Papa | Quebec | Romeo | Sierra | Tango | Uniform | Victor | Whiskey | Xray | Yankee | Zulu |
| zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) | hundred | thousand | decimal |
ICAO/NATO vs ITU/IMO radiotelephonic clear codes for digits :
| ICAO/NATO | zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) |
| ITU/IMO | nadazero | unaone | bissotwo | terrathree | kartefour | pantafive | soxisix | setteseven | oktoeight | novenine |

### References

* ↑ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎, 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2001 October, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *swéḱs
From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɪks/, enPR: sĭks
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪks
* Homophones: sicks, sics

### Numeral

six
* A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).

#### Derived terms

* all sixes and nines
* all sixes and sevens
* at six and seven
* big six
* deep-six
* double-six
* drive a coach and six through
* five-six
* grade six
* half-past-six
* have got someone's six
* have someone's six
* hit a six
* hit it for six
* hit on all six
* it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six
* king of six
* knock someone for six
* Meal Team Six
* number six
* pick six
* pick-six
* Schläfli double six
* six-ace flat
* six and two threes
* Six Bells
* six bob a day tourist
* Six Counties
* six-coupled
* sixes and nines
* six-figure
* six figures
* sixfold
* six foot
* six-footedness
* six-footer
* six-gun
* Six Hills
* six-leggedness
* six-lined racerunner
* six-man football
* Six Mile Bottom
* six-month club
* six o'clock swill
* six of one, half a dozen of the other
* six of the best
* six-pack bezique
* six-pack of rolls
* six-pack, six pack, sixpack
* sixpence
* six penny nail
* six-penny nail
* six perfections
* six pointer
* six-pointer
* six-ring
* six senses
* six-shooter, sixshooter
* six-sided
* six-stitcher
* six-string
* sixteen
* sixth
* six-thousander
* six-top
* sixty
* six-water grog
* six-way
* six ways from Sunday
* six ways till Sunday
* six ways to Sunday
* six-wheeler
* six-yard area
* six-yard box
* straight-six

#### Related terms

* sixth

#### Descendants

* Sranan Tongo: siksi
** Aukan: siksi
*** → Wayana: siksi
* Saramaccan: sigisi

#### Translations
### Noun

six (plural sixes)
* A group or set with six elements.
* The digit or figure 6.
* (card games) A playing card featuring six pips.
* Six o'clock.
** 1838, Francis Bisset Hawkins, chapter XIII, in Germany: The Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social Condition and National Economy, Illustrated by Reference to Her Physical, Moral and Political Statistics, etc.‎, →OCLC, page 228:In Austria the prisoners rise at five, [...]. There are morning prayers at a quarter to six, after which the prisoners are conducted to work.
* (military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
    cover my six
** 2009, Bill Yenne, Aces High: The Heroic Saga of the Two Top-scoring American Aces of World War II, Penguin, →ISBN, page 98:Just as having an enemy on your “six” is the hardest situation to escape, being on an enemy at six o'clock is the surest kill. Fighter pilots are always practicing maneuvers to get out from having another aircraft on their six.
* (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
** 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport‎, London:England required 15 from the last over of the regular match. Ben Stokes hit a six and benefited when a throw from the deep hit him and went for four overthrows.
* (American football) A touchdown.
* (North Wales) A bathroom or toilet.
* (obsolete) Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

#### Derived terms

* at sixes and sevens
* deep six
* hit someone for six
* long six
* pick six
* short six
* six feet under

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### See also

* 6 (Arabic numeral)
* 陸 / 陆, 六 (Chinese numerals)
* Ⅵ or VI (Roman numeral)
* στ΄ or ϛ΄ (Greek numeral)
* Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text) :
| ace | deuce, two | three | four | five | six | seven |
| eight | nine | ten | jack, knave | queen | king | joker |

### References

* ↑ What is the origin of "six" as a word to refer to the toilet?

### Anagrams

* Xis, ISX, XIs, xis

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French six, from Old French sis, six, from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
The numbers six and dix (“ten”), as well as the pronoun tous (“all”), are remnants of the Old and Middle French pronunciation system where final -s or -x was silent before consonants, pronounced /z/ before vowels, and /s/ in pausa. The only change is that the pausal pronunciation is now invariably used when these words do not precede their referent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sis/ (independent)
** Audio (France):(file)
** Audio (Quebec); [sɪs]:(file)
* IPA: /si.z‿/ (before modified word in a vowel or mute h)
* IPA: /si/ (before modified word in a consonant or aspirate h)
* Rhymes: -is

### Numeral

six (invariable)
* six

#### Derived terms

* sixain
* six cents
* Six Nations
* six-huit
* à la six-quatre-deux
* sixte
* sizain
* sixième

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: sis
* Louisiana Creole: sis
* Mauritian Creole: sis

### See also

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) :
| as | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept |
| huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |

### Further reading

* “six”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Maonan
### Numeral

six
* four

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* cex, sex
* zix (Kent)

### Etymology

From Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siks/

### Numeral

six
* six

#### Related terms

* sixte
* sixtene
* sixty

#### Descendants

* English: six
** Sranan Tongo: siksi
*** Aukan: siksi
**** → Wayana: siksi
** Saramaccan: sigisi
* Scots: sax, sex, six
* Yola: zeese

#### References

* “six, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French sis, six.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (in isolation) /sis/, (before a vowel) /siz/, (before a consonant) /si/

### Numeral

six (invariable)
* six

#### Descendants

* French: six
** Haitian Creole: sis
** Louisiana Creole: sis
** Mauritian Creole: sis
* Norman: six

## Norman
### Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Numeral

six
* (Jersey, Guernsey) six
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 533:Six s'maïnes avant Noué, et six s'maïnes après, les nits sont les pûs longues, et le jours les pûs freds.Six weeks before Christmas and six weeks after, the nights are the longest and the days the coldest.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* sex — Anglian
* siex, syx, seox

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siks/

### Numeral

six
* six
** late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
    Đās cāseres rīċes ðȳ tēoðan ġēare Gregorius sē hālga wer, sē was on lāre ⁊ on dǣde sē hēhsta, feng tō bisċophāde þǣre Rōmanisċan ċyriċan ⁊ þǣs apostolīċan seðles: ⁊ þæt heold ⁊ reahte þrēottēno ġēr ⁊ syx mōnað ⁊ tȳn dagas.In the tenth year of this emperor's reign, the holy man Gregorius, who was the greatest in learning and in deeds, rose to the bishophood of the Roman church and the apostolic see; and he held and directed that office for thirteen years, six months, and ten days.

#### Derived terms

* sixhynde
* sixta

#### Descendants

* Middle English: six, cex, sex, zix (Kent)
** English: six
*** Sranan Tongo: siksi
**** Aukan: siksi
***** → Wayana: siksi
*** Saramaccan: sigisi
** Scots: sax, sex, six
** Yola: zeese

## Scots
### Numeral

six
* Alternative form of sax

### References

* “six, num., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
* “six, num. adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.