sixteenth

English

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Cardinal: sixteen     Ordinal: sixteenth

Etymology

From Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent to sixteen +‎ -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/

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• Rhymes: -iːnθ
• Hyphenation: six‧teenth

Adjective

sixteenth

1. The ordinal form of the number sixteen.
   • 1976, Apollo: A Journal of the Arts:

     […] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of the sixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the handling of which is a sheer joy  […]

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

• 16th, 16^th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVI

Derived terms

• sixteenth note
• sixteenth rest

 

Translations

the ordinal form of the number sixteen — see also 16th

• Afrikaans: sestiende (af)
• Armenian: տասնվեցերորդ (hy) (tasnvecʻerord)
• Asturian: decimosestu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: on altıncı
• Basque: hamaseigarren
• Bavarian: sechzänte
• Belarusian: шасна́ццаты (be) (šasnáccaty)
• Bengali: ষোড়শ (bn) (śōṛoś)
• Bulgarian: шестнадесети (šestnadeseti)
• Catalan: setzè (ca)
• Crimean Tatar: on altıncı
• Czech: šestnáctý (cs)
• Danish: sekstende (da)
• Dutch: zestiende (nl)
• Estonian: kuueteistkümnes
• Finnish: kuudestoista (fi)
• French: seizième (fr) (before the noun); seize (after the name)
• Galician: décimo sexto
• Georgian: მეთექვსმეტე (metekvsmeṭe)
• German: sechzehnte (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἑκκαιδέκατος (hekkaidékatos)

• Hungarian: tizenhatodik (hu)
• Ingrian: kuustoist kymmenäs
• Irish: séú déag
• Italian: sedicesimo (it) (before the noun); sedicesimo m, sedicesima f (after the name)
• Kazakh: он алтыншы (kk) (on altynşy)
• Korean: 열여섯째 (ko) (yeoryeoseotjjae)
• Kyrgyz: он алтынчы (ky) (on altıncı)
• Latin: sextus decimus
• Latvian: sešpadsmitais (lv)
• Lithuanian: šešioliktas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: siechzéngt
• Macedonian: шеснаесетти (šesnaesetti)
• Malayalam: പതിനാറാം (patināṟāṁ), പതിനാറാമത്തെ (patināṟāmatte)
• Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ
  ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠴᡳ (juwan ningguci)
• Mongolian: арван зургадугаар (arvan zurgadugaar)
• Navajo: hastą́ʼáadah góneʼ
• Norwegian: sekstende
• Occitan: setzen (oc)
• Persian: شانزدهم (fa)
• Polish: szesnasty (pl)
• Portuguese: décimo sexto
• Punjabi: ਸੋਲ਼ਵਾਂ (soḷvā̃)
• Romanian: șaisprezecelea (ro), șaișpelea (informal)
• Russian: шестна́дцатый (ru) (šestnádcatyj)
• Slovak: šestnásty (sk)
• Slovene: šestnajsti
• Spanish: decimosexto (es)
• Swedish: sextonde (sv)
• Tagalog: panlabing-anim, ikalabinganim
• Tajik: шонздаҳум (tg) (šonzdahum)
• Tatar: уналтынчы (unaltınçı)
• Thai: ที่สิบหก (tîi-sìp-hòk)
• Turkish: on altıncı (tr)
• Turkmen: on altynjy
• Ukrainian: шістна́дцятий (uk) (šistnádcjatyj)
• Welsh: unfed ar bymtheg
• West Frisian: sechtjinde
• Yiddish: זעכצנט (zekhtsnt)

Noun

sixteenth (plural sixteenths)

1. One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.

   A sixteenth of 320 is 20.

Translations

one of sixteen equal parts of a whole

• Catalan: setzè (ca) m
• Finnish: kuudestoistaosa (fi)
• French: seizième (fr) m
• Georgian: მეთექვსმეტედი (metekvsmeṭedi)
• German: Sechzehntel (de) n
• Hungarian: tizenhatod (hu)
• Italian: sedicesimo (it) m
• Latin: sextum decimum n
• Portuguese: dezesseis avos m
• Russian: (одна) шестнадцатая (часть) ((odna) šestnadcataja (častʹ))
• Spanish: dieciseisavo (es) m
• Yiddish: זעכצנטל n (zekhtsntl)