Dictionary

sixteen en · NUM

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪks.tiːn/ (UK, US)
• (US) audio
• /ˌsɪksˈtiːn/ (UK, US)

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.

Meanings

1. The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
   • They'd spent one evening together sixteen months ago, and Falk was acutely aware that he'd probably airbrushed and edited at least some of it without meaning to. 2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 287:
   • Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen. 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

Last: fifteen. Next: seventeen · sixteenth

Translations (211)

nci caxtōlli oncē (cardinal number 16) · za cib loeg (cardinal number 16) · mk шесна́есет (cardinal number 16) · cmn 十六 (cardinal number 16) · cy un deg chwech (cardinal number 16) · gd sia-deug (cardinal number 16) · nds-de sössteihn (cardinal number 16) · kw hwetek (cardinal number 16) · da seksten (cardinal number 16) · km ដប់ប្រាំមួយ (cardinal number 16) · sq gjashtëmbëdhjetë (cardinal number 16) · kix tshìekǜlǖvōk (cardinal number 16) · ca setze (cardinal number 16) · ceb napulog unom (cardinal number 16) · el δεκαέξι (cardinal number 16) · hak 十六 (cardinal number 16) · mi tekau mā ono (cardinal number 16) · io dek-e-sis (cardinal number 16) · vo degmäl (cardinal number 16) · fj tini ka ono (cardinal number 16) · fa شانزده (cardinal number 16) · hy տասնվեց (cardinal number 16) · tpi sikistin (cardinal number 16) · arn marikayu (cardinal number 16) · dv ސޯޅަ (cardinal number 16) · lij sézze (cardinal number 16) · es dieciséis m sece (cardinal number 16) · gu સોળ (cardinal number 16) · yua waaklajun (cardinal number 16) · sa षोडश (cardinal number 16) · ro șaisprezece (cardinal number 16) · bo བཅུ་དྲུག (cardinal number 16) · ms enam belas (cardinal number 16) · ia dece-sex (cardinal number 16) · dsb šesnasćo (cardinal number 16) · qu chunka suqtayuq (cardinal number 16) · ce йалхитта (cardinal number 16) · af sestien (cardinal number 16) · crh on altı (cardinal number 16) · ug ئون ئالتە (cardinal number 16) · no seksten (cardinal number 16) · si දහසය (cardinal number 16) · ko 십륙 (cardinal number 16) · pdc sechzeh (cardinal number 16) · tg шонздаҳ (cardinal number 16) · sc seghi (cardinal number 16) · lad diezisesh (cardinal number 16) · lkt akéšakpe (cardinal number 16) · rgn seṣ (cardinal number 16) · he שישה עשר \ שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר (cardinal number 16) · wo fukk ak juróom benn (cardinal number 16) · or ଶୋଳ (cardinal number 16) · grc ιϛ΄ (cardinal number 16) · sah уон алта (cardinal number 16) · uk шістна́дцять (cardinal number 16) · nrf seize (cardinal number 16) · ms satu puluh enam (cardinal number 16) · tk on alty (cardinal number 16) · it sedici (cardinal number 16) · an deciséis (cardinal number 16) · sc seighi (cardinal number 16) · mg enina ambinifolo (cardinal number 16) · lad דייזיסיש (cardinal number 16) · smn kuttnubáloh (cardinal number 16) · ro șaișpe (cardinal number 16) · pt dezesseis (cardinal number 16) · rm saidesch (cardinal number 16) · sh šesnaest (cardinal number 16) · lv sešpadsmit (cardinal number 16) · br c'hwezek (cardinal number 16) · syc ܫܬܥܣܪܐ (cardinal number 16) · rm sedesch (cardinal number 16) · rgn ségg (cardinal number 16) · rue шістна́дцять (cardinal number 16) · rm sedisch (cardinal number 16) · ps شپاړس (cardinal number 16) · dlm setco (cardinal number 16) · csm naˀá·ča- tém·ok·a-ˀ hej·i-ˀ (cardinal number 16) · an setze (cardinal number 16) · cv вунулттӑ (cardinal number 16) · hi सोलह (cardinal number 16) · is sextán (cardinal number 16) · kl arfersanillit (cardinal number 16) · tpi wanpela ten sikis (cardinal number 16) · lmo sèdes (cardinal number 16) · syc ܫܬܥܣܪ (cardinal number 16) · pms sëddes (cardinal number 16) · fro seize (cardinal number 16) · pl szesnaścioro (cardinal number 16) · mfe sez (cardinal number 16) · pdc sexzeh (cardinal number 16) · la sēdecim (cardinal number 16) · pl szesnaście (cardinal number 16) · cy un ar bymtheg (cardinal number 16) · sat ᱜᱮᱞ ᱛᱩᱨᱩᱭ (cardinal number 16) · eu hamasei (cardinal number 16) · zza desuses (cardinal number 16) · de sechzehn (cardinal number 16) · mn арван зургаа (cardinal number 16) · arz ستاشر (cardinal number 16) · haw ʻumikūmāono (cardinal number 16) · sv sexton (cardinal number 16) · bg шестна́десет (cardinal number 16) · izh kuustoist (cardinal number 16) · tig ዐስር ወስስ (cardinal number 16) · tr on altı (cardinal number 16) · id enam belas (cardinal number 16) · cs šestnáct (cardinal number 16) · khb ᦉᦲᧇᦷᦠᧅ (cardinal number 16) · rmf deȟ-o-ȟou (cardinal number 16) · be шасна́ццаць (cardinal number 16) · arc שתעסר (cardinal number 16) · tfn k'uzhch'en'i beq'di (cardinal number 16) · se guhttanuppelohkái (cardinal number 16) · lo ສິບຫົກ (cardinal number 16) · lt sešiolika (cardinal number 16) · hrx sechzen (cardinal number 16) · sh шеснаест (cardinal number 16) · cv вунулт (cardinal number 16) · nds sössteihn (cardinal number 16) · ht sèz (cardinal number 16) · sm sefulu ono (cardinal number 16) · my ဆယ့်ခြောက် (cardinal number 16) · oc setze (cardinal number 16) · sms kutmlo (cardinal number 16) · esu akimiaq atauciq (cardinal number 16) · hsb šěsnaće (cardinal number 16) · sc sedichi (cardinal number 16) · am አስራ ስድስት (cardinal number 16) · eo dek ses (cardinal number 16) · bn সোলো (cardinal number 16) · frm seze (cardinal number 16) · yue 十六 (cardinal number 16) · alt он алты (cardinal number 16) · ast selce (cardinal number 16) · bg шестна́йсет (cardinal number 16) · nv hastą́ʼáadah (cardinal number 16) · hu tizenhat (cardinal number 16) · lou sèz (cardinal number 16) · ar سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ (cardinal number 16) · az on altı (cardinal number 16) · ko 십육 (cardinal number 16) · sk šestnásť (cardinal number 16) · bua арбан зургаан (cardinal number 16) · mnc ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠨ (cardinal number 16) · vo balsemäl (cardinal number 16) · koi дасквать (cardinal number 16) · ik akimiaq atausiq (cardinal number 16) · tt уналты (cardinal number 16) · ksw တဆံဃု (cardinal number 16) · zza sestês (cardinal number 16) · sl šestnajst (cardinal number 16) · ms sepuluh enam (cardinal number 16) · liv kūžtuoistõn (cardinal number 16) · to hongofulu mā ono (cardinal number 16) · enm sixtene (cardinal number 16) · nl zestien (cardinal number 16) · ko 열여섯 (cardinal number 16) · ny khumi n'zisanu n'chimodzi (cardinal number 16) · sw kumi na sita (cardinal number 16) · cu шесть на десѧте (cardinal number 16) · ckb شانزە (cardinal number 16) · ast dieciséis (cardinal number 16) · th สิบหก (cardinal number 16) · sc segi (cardinal number 16) · yi זעכצן (cardinal number 16) · nds sossteihn (cardinal number 16) · cv вунултӑ (cardinal number 16) · he שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (cardinal number 16) · ru шестна́дцать (cardinal number 16) · ty hō'ē 'ahuru ma ono (cardinal number 16) · ay tunka suxtani (cardinal number 16) · kk он алты (cardinal number 16) · ja 十六 (cardinal number 16) · te పదహారు (cardinal number 16) · chr ᏓᎳᏚ (cardinal number 16) · kn ಹದಿನಾರು (cardinal number 16) · mt sittax (cardinal number 16) · grc ἑκκαίδεκα (cardinal number 16) · ba ун алты (cardinal number 16) · ml പതിനാറ് (cardinal number 16) · fy sechstjin (cardinal number 16) · bcl kag-anom (cardinal number 16) · lb siechzéng (cardinal number 16) · arc שתעסרא (cardinal number 16) · fr seize (cardinal number 16) · vi mười sáu (cardinal number 16) · ti ዓሰርተ ሽድሽተ (cardinal number 16) · ka თექვსმეტი (cardinal number 16) · pt dezasseis (cardinal number 16) · sip བཅུ་དྲུག (cardinal number 16) · shn သိပ်းႁူၵ်း (cardinal number 16) · dz བཅུ་དྲུག (cardinal number 16) · oj ashi-ingodwaaswi (cardinal number 16) · an decisiéis (cardinal number 16) · kmr şazde (cardinal number 16) · ur سولہ (cardinal number 16) · kxd anam balas (cardinal number 16) · fur sedis (cardinal number 16) · fi kuusitoista (cardinal number 16) · tl labing-anim (cardinal number 16) · ta பதினாறு (cardinal number 16) · sgs šešiuolėka (cardinal number 16) · hop pakwt niikyang navay siikya’ta (cardinal number 16) · ga sé déag (cardinal number 16) · gl dezaseis (cardinal number 16) · ky он алты (cardinal number 16) · pdc sechtzay (cardinal number 16) · et kuusteist (cardinal number 16) · osp seze (cardinal number 16) · pa ਸੋਲਾਂ (cardinal number 16)