six

six · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The number equivalent to the sum of three and three; one more than five; 6.

  2. 2.

    A group or unit of six people or things.

  3. 3.

    A playing card, domino, or die face with six pips.

  4. 4.

    Six o'clock.

Forms

plural: sixes

Related words

See also: five, number, seven

Etymology

From Old English siex, sex, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs ("six"). Cognate with Dutch zes, German sechs, Latin sex, Greek héx (ἕξ), and Sanskrit ṣáṣ (षष्).