sesta
Asturian
Adjective
sesta
- feminine singular of sestu
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin (hōra) sexta (“sixth hour, counting from dawn”). Cognate with Portuguese sesta and Spanish siesta.
Pronunciation
Noun
sesta f (plural sestes)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “sesta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “sesta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “sesta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sesta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsestɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞s̠tɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -estɑ
- Syllabification(key): ses‧ta
- Hyphenation(key): ses‧ta
Noun
sesta
Declension
| Inflection of sesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sesta | sestat | |
| genitive | sestan | sestojen | |
| partitive | sestaa | sestoja | |
| illative | sestaan | sestoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sesta | sestat | |
| accusative | nom. | sesta | sestat |
| gen. | sestan | ||
| genitive | sestan | sestojen sestain rare | |
| partitive | sestaa | sestoja | |
| inessive | sestassa | sestoissa | |
| elative | sestasta | sestoista | |
| illative | sestaan | sestoihin | |
| adessive | sestalla | sestoilla | |
| ablative | sestalta | sestoilta | |
| allative | sestalle | sestoille | |
| essive | sestana | sestoina | |
| translative | sestaksi | sestoiksi | |
| abessive | sestatta | sestoitta | |
| instructive | — | sestoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛs.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɛsta
- Hyphenation: sè‧sta
Adjective
sesta
- feminine singular of sesto
Anagrams
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈses.tɑ/
Numeral
sesta
- alternative form of sixta
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese sesta, from Latin sexta (hora), feminine of sextus (“sixth”), from sex (“six”). Doublet of sexta. Cognate with Spanish siesta.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛs.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛs.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʃ.tɐ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
- Hyphenation: ses‧ta
Noun
sesta f (plural sestas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “sesta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sesta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “sesta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “sesta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “sesta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “sesta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026