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Definition: Sixtieth |
SixtiethAdjective1. The ordinal number of sixty in counting order. Noun1. Position 60 in a countable series of things. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sixtieth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Synonym: SixtiethSynonym: 60th (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sixtieth |
| English words defined with "sixtieth": Nautical mile ♦ Sexagesima. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sixtieth": arc minute ♦ Second of Time. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sixtieth": Sexagesima. (references) |
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| "Sixtieth" is generally used as an ordinal number -- approximately 95.45% of the time. "Sixtieth" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Ordinal Number | 95.45% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 22 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "sixtieth": sixtieth part. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sixtieth": sixtieth-birthday. | |
Ending with "sixtieth": one-sixtieth. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sixtieth birthday | 5 |
anniversary sixtieth wedding | 2 |
sixtieth | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sixtieth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i gjashtëdhjetë (sexagesimal). (various references) | |
Arabic | الستون. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шейсети. (various references) | |
Chinese | 第六十 . (various references) | |
Czech | šedesátina, šedesátý (sexagesimal). (various references) | |
Danish | tresindstvende. (various references) | |
Dutch | zestigste. (various references) | |
Esperanto | sesdeka. (various references) | |
Farsi | یک شصتم , یک شصت , شصتمین , شصتم . (various references) | |
Finnish | kuudeskymmenes. (various references) | |
French | soixantième (sixtieth part). (various references) | |
German | sechzigste, der Sechzigste. (various references) | |
Greek | εξηκοστόσ, δέκατοσ έκτοσ (sixteenth). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hatvanadik. (various references) | |
Italian | sessantesimo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ixtiethsay.(various references) | |
Polish | sześćdziesiąty. (various references) | |
Portuguese | sexagésimo. (various references) | |
Romanian | şaizecelea, şaizecea parte, al şaizecilea. (various references) | |
Russian | шестидесятый. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | šezdeseti (sexagesimal). (various references) | |
Spanish | sexagésimo (sexagesimal). (various references) | |
Swedish | sextionde. (various references) | |
Thai | ลำ"ับที่หกสิบ. (various references) | |
Turkish | altmixinci, altmışta birlik kısım, altmışıncı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шістдесятий, одна шістдесята. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật thứ sáu mươi, thứ sáu mươi, một phần sáu mươi người thứ sáu mươi. (various references) | |
Welsh | trigeinfed. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sixtieth": sixtieths. (additional references) | |
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"Sixtieth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pitieth, sixtie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sixtieth" (pronounced si"kstēuth) |
| 4 | -t ē u th | eightieth, fiftieth, fortieth, ninetieth, seventieth, thirtieth, twentieth. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-i-s-t-t-x" | |
-2 letters: theist, tithes. | |
-3 letters: exist, exits, heist, sixte, sixth, teths, texts, tithe, titis. | |
-4 letters: eths, exit, hest, hets, hies, hist, hits, sett, sext, site, sith, stet, test, teth, tets, text, this, ties, titi. | |
-5 letters: eth, hes, het, hex, hie, his, hit, its, sei, set, sex, she, sit, six, tet, the, tie, tis, xis. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-i-s-t-t-x" | |
+1 letter: sixtieths. | |
+4 letters: exhaustivity, thixotropies, toxophilites. | |
+5 letters: exhibitionist. | |
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