sixth

n.

1. The ordinal number matching the number six in a series.
2. One of six equal parts.
3. Music.
   1. An interval of six degrees in a diatonic scale.
   2. A tone separated by this interval from a given tone.
   3. The harmonic combination of two tones separated by this interval.
   4. The sixth tone of a scale; the submediant.

sixth sixth adv. & adj.

The INTERVAL between two notes five diatonic scale degrees apart (e.g. C-A, E♭-C); it is the interval produced when the 3rd is inverted at the octave. An octave less a minor 3rd is a major 6th; an octave less a major 3rd is a minor 6th.

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The interval of six diatonic degrees.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position.

But there are other senses - secret senses, sixth senses, if you will - equally vital, but unrecognized, and unlauded . . . unconscious, automatic. — Oliver Sacks

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Dansk (Danish)
num. - sjette
n. - sjettedel, sekst
adv. - sjette

idioms:

• sixth form    sjette klasse
• sixth sense    sjette sans

Nederlands (Dutch)
zesde

Français (French)
n. - sixte, sixième, six, (Mus) sixième, (GB, École) première, terminale
adj. - sixième
adv. - sixièmement

idioms:

• sixth form    (GB, École) classes de première
• sixth sense    sixième sens

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sechst
n. - Sechste, Sechster, Sechstel
adv. - sechstens

idioms:

• sixth form    zwölfte/dreizehnte Klasse
• sixth sense    sechster Sinn

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - έκτος
n. - (ένα) έκτο
num. - έκτο(ς)

idioms:

• sixth form    (Βρετ.) τελευταία τάξη του λυκείου
• sixth sense    έκτη αίσθηση

Italiano (Italian)
sesta, sesto

idioms:

• sixth form    prima liceo
• sixth sense    sesto senso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sexto
n. - o dia (m) seis, sexto (m), sexta parte (f), sexta (f) (Mús.)
num. - sexto

idioms:

• sixth form    mais alto nível escolar do sist. britânico
• sixth sense    sexto sentido (m)

Русский (Russian)
шестое число, шестой, секста (муз.), шестая часть, шестой класс

idioms:

• sixth form    шестой класс
• sixth sense    "шестое чувство"

Español (Spanish)
n. - sexta, sexto
adj. - sexta, sexto
adv. - sexta parte, (música) intervalo de seis pasos
adv. - en sexto lugar

idioms:

• sixth form    último curso de enseñanza secundaria en Gran Bretaña
• sixth sense    sexto sentido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sjätte-, sext-
n. - sjättedel
num. - sjätte

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
第六, 六分之一, 月的第六日, 六度音程

idioms:

• sixth form    中等学校的六年级, 即最高年级
• sixth sense    第六感, 直觉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
num. - 第六, 六分之一
n. - 第六, 六分之一, 月的第六日, 六度音程

idioms:

• sixth form    中等學校的六年級, 即最高年級
• sixth sense    第六感, 直覺

한국어 (Korean)
num. - 여섯번째의, 6분의 1의
n. - 제 6, 6분의 1 , (그 달의) 6일
adv. - 여섯 번째로, 여섯 번째 위치에서

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 第6の, 6分の1の
n. - 6番目, 6日, 6分の1

idioms:

• sixth form    中等学校高等部
• sixth sense    第六感

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سادس, (الاسم) جزء من سته (عدد) جزء من سته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שישית (של שלם)‬
adj. - ‮שישי/ת (מספר סודר)‬
adv. - ‮במקום השישי‬

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