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xvi

Translingual

Number

xvi

  1. Alternative letter-case form of XVI

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sixteen

English

Alternative forms

  • Symbolic: 16
  • Roman: XVI

Etymology

From Middle English sextene, sixtene, from Old English siext?ene, sixt?ne, sixtyne, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten.

Pronunciation

  • (next word stressed near the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /?s?ks.ti?n/
  • (next word stressed after the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /?s?ks?ti?n/
  • Rhymes: -i?n

Numeral

sixteen

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

Related terms

  • Ordinal: sixteenth

Translations

See also

  • Last: fifteen. Next: seventeen

Anagrams

  • exteins, extines

Middle English

Numeral

sixteen

  1. Alternative form of sixtene

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