sexta

See also: Sexta

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛks.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈseks.ta]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sexta, feminine singular of sextus.

Noun

sexta f (plural sextes)

1. (music) sixth
2. sext; a liturgical hour

Derived terms

• sexta major
• sexta menor

Etymology 2

Adjective

sexta

1. feminine singular of sext

Latin

Etymology

See sextus. As a noun, by agreement with an implied hora (“hour”).

Noun

sexta f (genitive sextae); first declension

1. Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
2. (Roman Catholicism) Sext, the service appointed to this hour.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sexta	sextae
genitive	sextae	sextārum
dative	sextae	sextīs
accusative	sextam	sextās
ablative	sextā	sextīs
vocative	sexta	sextae

Descendants

• Portuguese: sesta
• Spanish: siesta
• → English: sext

Numeral

sexta

1. inflection of sextus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Numeral

sextā

1. ablative feminine singular of sextus

References

• "sexta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehstô (“sixth”).

Adjective

sexta

1. sixth

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: seekst

  Helgoland: sös

• Saterland Frisian: säkste
• West Frisian: sechste

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• 6.ª (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈses.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈses.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈseʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈses.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐjʃ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐjʃ.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsejʃ.tɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsejʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈseʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -estɐ
• Homophone: cesta (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: sex‧ta

Adjective

sexta

1. feminine singular of sexto

Noun

sexta f (plural sextas)

1. ellipsis of sexta-feira (“Friday”)

   Ele fez isso na sexta.

   He did that on Friday.

Adverb

sexta (not comparable)

1. ellipsis of sexta-feira (“on Friday”)

   Eu fui lá sexta.

   I went there Friday.

Etymology 2

Verb

sexta

1. inflection of sextar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “sexta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sexta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɡsta/ [ˈseɣ̞s.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eɡsta
  • Syllabification: sex‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈsesta/ [ˈses.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -esta

Noun

sexta f (plural sextas)

1. (music) sixth
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Adjective

sexta

1. feminine singular of sexto

Further reading

• “sexto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025