sexta

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin sexta, feminine singular of sextus.

Noun

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la sexta major
la sexta menor

sexta f (plural sextes)

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

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Adjective

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sexta

  1. feminine singular of sext

Latin

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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First-declension noun.

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

Descendants

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  • English: sext
  • Spanish: siesta

Numeral

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sexta

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

Numeral

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sextā

  1. ablative feminine singular of sextus

References

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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *sehstô (sixth).

Adjective

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sexta

  1. sixth

Descendants

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sexta

  1. feminine singular of sexto

Noun

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sexta f (plural sextas)

  1. Ellipsis of sexta-feira (Friday).

Adverb

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sexta (not comparable)

  1. Ellipsis of sexta-feira (on Friday).

Etymology 2

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Verb

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sexta

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

Spanish

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Noun

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sexta f (plural sextas)

  1. (music) sixth
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Adjective

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sexta

  1. feminine singular of sexto

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