English Explanatory Dictionary

sixteen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪks.tiːn/ en-us-sixteen.ogg /ˌsɪksˈtiːn/

Word forms

sixteen 16 XVI

Etymology

Inherited 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.

Related words

sixteenth Last: fifteen. Next: seventeen

Derived words

last sixteen round of sixteen sixteener sixteenfold sixteen hundred sixteenish sixteenmo sixteenpence sixteenpenny sixteen penny nail sixteen-penny nail sweet sixteen
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