dieciséis

• selce

From diez (“ten”) + y (“and”) + seis (“six”).

dieciséis (indeclinable)

1. sixteen

Inherited from Old Spanish dizeseis, diezeseis (literally “ten and six”), an analytical form (compare Galician dezaseis, Portuguese dezesseis, dezasseis) replacing Old Spanish seze, sedze, from Latin sēdecim (compare Catalan setze, French seize, Italian sedici).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /djeθiˈseis/ [d̪je.θiˈsei̯s]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /djesiˈseis/ [d̪je.siˈsei̯s]

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• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification: die‧ci‧séis

dieciséis

1. sixteen

   Synonym: sece (obsolete)

• → Tagalog: disiseis

• “dieciséis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28