Sixteen

Pronunciation

• next word stressed near the first syllableUK IPA: /ˈsɪk.stiːn/
• next word stressed after the first syllableUK IPA: /ËŒsɪkˈstiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Alternative forms

• Symbolic: 16
• Roman: XVI

Origin

From Middle English, from Old English siextīene, sixtēne, sixtyne, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Compare West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten.

Numeral

1. The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
• Grey Riders|8Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.

Related terms

• Ordinal: sixteenth