sixteen

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English

English numbers (edit)
 ←  15 16 17  → 
    Cardinal: sixteen
    Ordinal: sixteenth
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Etymology

From Middle English sextene, sixtene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten. Equivalent to six +‎ -teen.

Pronunciation

  • (next word stressed near the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪks.tiːn/
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  • (next word stressed after the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌsɪksˈtiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Numeral

sixteen

  1. The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.

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Middle English

Numeral

sixteen

  1. Alternative form of sixtene