sexto

See also: Sexto

English

Etymology

From Latin sextus (“sixth”).

Noun

sexto (plural sextos)

1. A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.

See also

English paper and book sizes

Latin	folio	quarto	sexto	octavo	duodecimo	sextodecimo	octodecimo	vicesimo-quarto	trigesimo-secundo	quadragesimo-octavo	sexagesimo-quarto
ALA	F	Q		O	D	S	T		Tt	Fe	Sf
height (cm)	> 30	25-30	25-30	20-25	17.5-20	15-17.5	12.5-15	12.5-15	10-12.5	7.5-10	< 7.5
printers'	folio	quarto	sixmo	octavo	twelvemo	sixteenmo	eighteenmo	twenty-fourmo	thirty-twomo	forty-eightmo	sixty-fourmo
abbrev.	fo or f	4to	6to or 6mo	8vo	12mo	16mo	18mo	24mo	32mo	48mo	64mo
abbrev.	2º	4º	6º	8º	12º	16º	18º	24º	32º	48º	64º
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References

• “sexto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛk.sto/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Etymology 1

Blend of sexe +‎ texto.

Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)

1. sext

Etymology 2

From Latin sextus (“sixth”).

Adverb

sexto

1. sixthly

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

	60[a], [b]
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6º     Multiplier (standard): séxtuplo     Multiplier (reintegrationist): sêxtuplo
Galician Wikipedia article on 6

Alternative forms

• 6º m, 6ª f (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Latin sextus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseksto/ [ˈs̺eks̺.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -eksto
• Hyphenation: sex‧to

Adjective

sexto (feminine sexta, masculine plural sextos, feminine plural sextas)

1. sixth

Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)

1. sixth

Further reading

• “sexto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

	60[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  5	VI 6	7  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: sex     Ordinal: sextus     Adverbial: sexiēs, sexiēns, sextō     Proportional: sexuplus, sextuplus, sexcuplus     Multiplier: sexuplex, sextuplex, sexcuplex, sēplex, secuplex     Distributive: sēnus     Collective: sēniō     Fractional: sextāns

Numeral

sextō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sextus

Adverb

sextō (not comparable)

1. six times

References

• “sexto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sexto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6.º, 6º     Multiplier: sêxtuplo     Fractional: sexto     Group: sexteto, sena
Portuguese Wikipedia article on 6

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese sexto, seisto, sesto, from Latin sextus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈses.tu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐjʃ.tu/

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

• Homophone: cesto (Brazil, Southern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: sex‧to

Adjective

sexto (feminine sexta, masculine plural sextos, feminine plural sextas)

1. (ordinal number) sixth

Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)

1. (fractional number) sixth (one of six parts of a whole)

Etymology 2

Verb

sexto

1. first-person singular present indicative of sextar

Further reading

• “sexto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6.º     Multiplier: séxtuple     Fractional: sexto
Spanish Wikipedia article on 6

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sextus, along with several other ordinal numerals (segundo, quinto, séptimo), a tendency shared with many other Romance languages. Compare the inherited feminine doublets, sesma and siesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɡsto/ [ˈseɣ̞s.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eɡsto
• IPA^(key): /ˈsesto/ [ˈses.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -esto

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Syllabification: sex‧to

Adjective

sexto (feminine sexta, masculine plural sextos, feminine plural sextas)

1. (ordinal number) sixth

   Synonym: seisavo

Abbreviations

• 6.º m
• 6.ª f

Derived terms

• bajo sexto
• sexto sentido

Noun

sexto m (plural sextos)

1. (fractional number) sixth, ¹⁄₆

Further reading

• “sexto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024