soixante

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See also: souaixante

French

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French numbers (edit)
600[a], [b]
 ←  50  ←  59 60 61  → [a], [b] 70  → [a], [b]
6
    Cardinal: soixante
    Ordinal: soixantième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 60e, (now nonstandard) 60ème

Etymology

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Inherited from Old French soissante, seixante, from Latin sexāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱsḱomt, from earlier *swéḱs-dḱomt (six-ten).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /swa.sɑ̃t/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃t

Numeral

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soixante (invariable)

  1. sixty
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Descendants

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  • Louisiana Creole: swasant

Further reading

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