sexton

See also: Sexton

English

WOTD – 4 June 2012, 4 June 2013, 4 June 2014, 4 June 2015

Etymology

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (sacred). Doublet of sacristan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.stən/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛkstən
  • Hyphenation: sex‧ton

Noun

sexton (plural sextons)

  1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
  2. A sexton beetle.

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Swedish

Swedish numbers (edit)
 ←  15 16 17  → 
    Cardinal: sexton
    Ordinal: sextonde
    Ordinal abbreviation: 16:e
    Multiplier: sextonfaldig
    Fractional: sextondel

Etymology

From Old Swedish sæxtan, siæxtān, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛksˌtɔn/
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

sexton

  1. sixteen

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