dieciséis
Asturian
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Cardinal : dieciséis Ordinal : decimosestu | ||
Alternative forms
Spanish
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Cardinal: dieciséis Ordinal: decimosexto, décimo sexto Ordinal abbreviation: 16.º Fractional: dieciseisavo | ||
Spanish Wikipedia article on 16 |
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
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: disiseis
Further reading
- “dieciséis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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