Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixty-sixth

/ˌsɪksti ˈsɪk(s)θ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: six-ty-sixth
IPA: /ˌsɪksti ˈsɪk(s)θ/

30

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number sixty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 66 of a sequence.

noun

One of sixty-six equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the sixty-sixth page of the book."
"She finished sixty-sixth in the race."
"Though in his sixty-sixth year, I have never heard him express any dissatisfaction at the occasional hardships which we have had to encounter."
"A sixty-sixth of 1320 is 20."

Etymology

From sixty-six + -th (ordinal suffix).

Inflected Forms

sixty-sixths (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce sixty-sixth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪksti ˈsɪk(s)θ/.
What does sixty-sixth mean?: The ordinal form of the number sixty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 66 of a sequence.
Where does sixty-sixth come from?: From sixty-six + -th (ordinal suffix).

How to pronounce sixty-sixth

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