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six·ty

(sĭks′tē)

n. pl. six·ties

1. The cardinal number equal to 6 × 10.

2. sixties

a. A decade or the numbers from 60 to 69: They planned to retire in their sixties. The breeze kept the temperature in the sixties.

b. often Sixties The decade from 60 to 69 in a century.

[Middle English, from Old English sixtig; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]

six′ty adj. & pron.

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sixty

(ˈsɪkstɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six. See also number¹

2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 60, LX, etc, representing sixty

3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 60 units

determiner

a. amounting to sixty: sixty soldiers.

b. (as pronoun): sixty are dead.

[Old English sixtig]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

six•ty

(ˈsɪks ti)

n., pl. -ties,
adj. n.

1. a cardinal number, ten times six.

2. a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. sixties, the numbers from 60 through 69, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature.

adj.

5. amounting to 60 in number.

Idioms:

like sixty, with great speed, ease, or zest.

[before 900]

six′ti•eth, adj., n.

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Noun	1.	sixty - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six 60, LX large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.	1.	sixty - being ten more than fifty 60, lx, threescore cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

Translations

الرقم 60السِّتّونسِتُّونُستونعُمْر ال60

seixanta

šedesátšedesát letšedesátiletý

tres

sesdek

kuusikymmentä

šezdeset

hatvan

sextíusextíu ára

sessanta

六十

sexaginta

septinta dešimtisseptintasis dešimtmetisšešiasdešimtšešiasdešimtasšešiasdešimtasis

sešdesmitsešdesmit gadu vecumssešdesmitgadīgs

zestig

seksti sekstiårsalder

sześćdziesiąt

sessenta

şaizeci

шестьдесят

šesťdesiatšesťdesiat rokov

šestdesetšestdeseta leta

sextio

sitini

หกสิบ

altmışaltmış yaşıaltmış yaşında

sáu mươi

六十六十...六十岁六十岁的

sixty

[ˈsɪkstɪ]

A. ADJ → sesenta

B. N → sesenta m
to be in one's sixties → tener sesenta y tantos años, ser sesentón
see fifty for usage

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sixty

[ˈsɪksti] num → soixante
He's sixty → Il a soixante ans.sixty-four thousand dollar question n
that's the sixty-four thousand dollar question → c'est la question à mille francssix-yard box n
the six-yard box → les six mètres mpl
alone in the six-yard box → seul au six-mètres

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sixty

adj → sechzig; sixty-one → einundsechzig

n → Sechzig f; the sixties → die sechziger Jahre or Sechzigerjahre pl; to be in one’s sixties → in den Sechzigern sein; to be in one’s late/early sixties → Ende/Anfang sechzig sein; sixty-one → Einundsechzig f ? also six

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sixty

[ˈsɪkstɪ]

1. adj → sessanta inv

2. n → sessanta m inv
for usage see fifty

sixty

(ˈsiksti) noun

1. the number or figure 60.

2. the age of 60.

adjective

1. 60 in number.

2. aged 60.

ˈsixties noun plural

1. the period of time between one's sixtieth and seventieth birthdays.

2. the range of temperatures between sixty and seventy degrees.

3. the period of time between the sixtieth and seventieth years of a century.

ˈsixtieth noun

1. one of sixty equal parts.

2. (also adjective) (the) last of sixty (people, things etc); (the) next after the fifty-ninth.

sixty-

having sixty (of something). a sixty-page supplement.

ˈsixty-year-old noun

a person or animal that is sixty years old.

adjective

(of a person, animal or thing) that is sixty years old.

sixty

→ سِتُّونُ šedesát tres sechzig εξήντα sesenta kuusikymmentä soixante šezdeset sessanta 六十 60 zestig seksti sześćdziesiąt sessenta шестьдесят sextio หกสิบ altmış sáu mươi 六十

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