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sexagesimal

Portuguese, adjective/sek.sa.ʒe.ziˈmaw/

sexagesimal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “sexagesimal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ordinal correspondente ao número sessenta”.

What does sexagesimal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinesexagesimal

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ordinal correspondente ao número sessenta

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of sexagesimal

  • sexagesimais plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sexagesimal?

  • Brazil /sek.sa.ʒe.ziˈmaw/
  • Brazil [sek.sa.ʒe.ziˈmaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /sɨk.sɐ.ʒɨ.ziˈmal/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sexagesimal

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.