six

/sis/

numeral

the number six (cardinal number)

On se retrouve à six heures devant le bar.

We'll meet at six o'clock in front of the bar.

Notes

GENERAL INFO

Six means "six". It is a cardinal number, used to quantify items or indicate a position in a sequence.

You use six directly before nouns or in numerical contexts. For example:

"J'ai six livres." (I have six books.)

"Il est six heures." (It's six o'clock.)

The 'x' is usually silent before a consonant (*six filles*). At the end of a phrase it makes a /s/ sound (*J'en veux six.`*).

Before a vowel or silent 'h' (liaison), it makes a /z/ sound *six‿amis*, *six‿hommes*).