sexta

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sextus (“sixth”)

Adjective

sexta

  1. feminine singular of sext

Noun
la sexta major
la sexta menor

sexta f (plural sextes)

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

Derived terms
  • sexta major
  • sexta menor

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

sexta

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

Descendants

Numeral

sexta

  1. nominative feminine singular of sextus
  2. nominative neuter plural of sextus
  3. accusative neuter plural of sextus
  4. vocative feminine singular of sextus
  5. vocative neuter plural of sextus

sextā

  1. ablative feminine singular of sextus

References

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Adjective

sexta

  1. sixth

Descendants

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • 6ª (abbreviation)

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: sex‧ta
  • Homophone: cesta

Ordinal number

sexta

  1. feminine singular of sexto

Noun

sexta f (plural sextas)

  1. Shortening of sexta-feira: Friday

Adverb

sexta (not comparable)

  1. Shortening of sexta-feira: on a Friday

Spanish

Adjective

sexta

  1. Feminine singular of adjective sexto.

Noun

sexta f (plural sextas)

  1. female equivalent of sexto
  2. (music) sixth
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