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In French

1. Cinq plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 6.
2. Sixième.
3. Nombre 6, entier naturel après cinq.
4. 6, chiffre utilisé dans la numérotation.
5. Chose portant le numéro six.
6. Sixième jour du mois.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French six, from Old French sis, six, from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. The numbers six and dix (“ten”), as well as the pronoun tous (“all”), are remnants of the Old and Middle French pronunciation system where final -s or -x was silent before consonants, pronounced /z/ before vowels, and /s/ in pausa. The only change is that the pausal pronunciation is now…

More French words

• sivél
• siwak
• siwi
• siwâk
• six cents
• six coups
• six jeunes m’abusent
• six mètres

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