sixtysomething

English

Alternative forms

• sixty-something

Etymology

From sixty +‎ -something.

Numeral

sixtysomething

1. (colloquial) An indeterminate value between 60 (inclusive) and 70 (exclusive).

   Coordinate terms: twentysomething, thirtysomething, fortysomething, fiftysomething, seventysomething, eightysomething, ninetysomething, hundredsomething

Noun

sixtysomething (plural sixtysomethings)

1. (colloquial) A person between 60 and 69 years old.

   Those sixtysomethings are always lounging around the cabana.

Synonyms

• sexagenarian, hexagenarian, sexagenary

Coordinate terms

• teen, teenager (13–19)
• vicenarian (20–29)
• twentysomething (20–29)
• tricenarian (30–39)
• thirtysomething (30–39)
• quadragenarian (40–49)
• fortysomething (40–49)
• quinquagenarian (50–59)
• semicentenarian (50–59)
• fiftysomething (50–59)
• septuagenarian (70–79)
• seventysomething (70–79)
• octogenarian (80–89)
• eightysomething (80–89)
• nonagenarian (90–99)
• ninetysomething (90–99)
• centenarian (100–199)
• semisupercentenarian (105–109)
• supercentenarian (110+)

 

Translations

a person between the ages of 60 and 69

• Catalan: sexagenari (ca) m
• Czech: šedesátník m, šedesátnice f
• Danish: tresåring c, 60-åring c
• Finnish: kuusikymmenvuotias
• French: sexagénaire (fr) m or f, soixantenaire (fr) m or f
• German: Sechziger m, Sechzigerin f, Sechzigjähriger (de) m, 60-Jähriger (de) m, Sechzigjährige (de) f, 60-Jährige f
• Hungarian: hatvanas (hu), hatvanvalahány, hatvan-egynéhány
• Latin: sexāgēnārius m, sexāgēnāria f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sekstiåring m, 60-åring m

  Nynorsk: sekstiåring m, 60-åring m

• Polish: sześćdziesięciolatek (pl) m, sześćdziesięciolatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sexagenário (pt) m, sexagenária f
• Russian: шестидесятиле́тний (ru) (šestidesjatilétnij)
• Spanish: sexagenario m, sexagenaria (es) f, sesentón (es) m
• Swedish: sextioåring (sv) c, 60-åring c
• Tagalog: aanimnapuin