sexagésimal
French, adjective/sɛk.sa.ʒe.zi.mal/
sexagésimal is a French adjective meaning “sexagesimal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se rapporte à la base soixante, caractéristique d’un système de numération en base soixante”.
What does sexagésimal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sexagesimal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte à la base soixante, caractéristique d’un système de numération en base soixante. 2. Qui se divise en soixante, qui possède soixante pour dénominateur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sexagésimal
- sexagésimale feminine
- sexagésimaux masculine plural
- sexagésimales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sexagésimal?
- /sɛk.sa.ʒe.zi.mal/
- \sɛk.sa.ʒe.zi.mal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sexagésimal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sexagésimal in French?
sexagésimal appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).