# sext

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɛkst/ · frequency rank #67,036

## Definitions
1. Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
2. The service appointed for this hour.
3. A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
4. An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.

## Etymology
From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sext