Because it's pronounced the way you spell it.
Six Pronounced Seece
in french it is spelled the same, but pronounced "cease." kind of.
Il y'a six(pronounced seece) annee
6 9/10 (pronounced 'six and nine tenths').
Cello is a five letter word that sounds like six letters when pronounced. The letter c is pronounced ch to make the word sound like six letters.
six = sechs (pronounced zex)
Scylla (pronounced Syla), does have 6 dog heads sprouting from her waist, but does not live in the water.
Sixieme classe, where the "six" part is pronounced seece. I'm not so sure about the rest of the pronunciation.
I believe it's: 6 -- 100 because 0.06 is pronounced six hundredths. SO, I assume that is the conversion.
"six" (English) = "six" (French)I have six apples = J'ai six pommes.Pronouncing it is a bit tricky. By itself, it is pronounced "seess". But "six pommes" is pronounced "see pum" (you drop the final consonant sound of "six"--this is a convention that only applies to the numbers 5, 6, 8, and 10--cinq, six, huit, and dix). On the other hand, if the noun starts with a vowel then you make the liaison: six euros sounds like "see zuh-roh"
Cello is a five letter word that sounds like six letters when pronounced. The letter c is pronounced ch to make the word sound like six letters.
The German word for six is sechs (pronounced zecks)six = sechs