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sixth

UK/sɪksθ/ US/sɪkθ/ common informal
adjective (1) noun (3)

adjective

1.

coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position

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noun

1.
2.

a sixth part

Synonyms
3.

the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it

Origin

From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).

Phrases

  • augmented sixth
  • augmented sixth chord
  • Australian sixth
  • diminished sixth
  • French augmented sixth chord
  • French sixth
  • German augmented sixth chord
  • Revenge of the Sixth

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