dieciséis

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  15 16 17  > 
    Cardinal : dieciséis
    Ordinal : decimosestu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From diez (ten) + y (and) + seis (six).

Numeral

dieciséis (indeclinable)

  1. sixteen

Spanish

Spanish numbers (edit)
 ←  15 16 17  → 
    Cardinal: dieciséis
    Ordinal: decimosexto, décimo sexto
    Ordinal abbreviation: 16.º
    Fractional: dieciseisavo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish dizeseis, diezeseis (literally ten and six), an analytical form (compare Galician dezaseis, Portuguese dezesseis, dezasseis) replacing Old Spanish seze, sedze, from Latin sēdecim (compare Catalan setze, French seize, Italian sedici).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /djeθiˈseis/ [d̪je.θiˈsei̯s]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /djesiˈseis/ [d̪je.siˈsei̯s]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eis
  • Syllabification: die‧ci‧séis

Numeral

dieciséis

  1. sixteen
    Synonym: sece (obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tagalog: disiseis

Further reading

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