sixteen
English
/ˈsɪks.tiːn/, /ˌsɪksˈtiːn/
numeral
Definitions
- The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sextene inherited from Old English siextīene inherited from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sehstehun
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pence English
- penny English
- sixteener English
- sixteenfold English
- sixteenish English
- sixteenpence English
- sixteenpenny English
- sechzehn German
- sechzehnfach German
- sechzehnhundert German
- sechzehnjährig German
- sechzehnminütig German
- sechzehntägig German
- sechzehnwöchig German
- 16-minner Dutch, Flemish
- zestien Dutch, Flemish
- zestiende Dutch, Flemish
- *sehstehun Proto-Germanic
- siextiene Old English
- siextīene Old English
- sixtēne Old English
- sextene Middle English
- sextán Old Norse
- seksten Danish
- sestien Middle Dutch
- sehszehan Old High German
- sestien Afrikaans
- sehzehen Middle High German
- *sestēn Old Dutch
- sechtzane Cimbrian
- zèchsane Cimbrian
- zèchsante Cimbrian
- sehstein Old Saxon
- sikistin Tok Pisin
- sikistin Fanagalo
- sikstin Bislama