[sɪks], (Numeral)

Definitions:
- equivalent to the product of two and three; one more than five, or four less than ten; 6
(e.g: she's lived here six months)


Phrases:
- at sixes and sevens
- knock someone for six
- six feet under
- six of one and half a dozen of the other

Origin:
Old English siex, six, syx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zes and German sechs, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sex and Greek hex