sixteen
The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
Related words
- sixteener
- sixteenfold
- sixteenish
- sixteenmo
- sixteenpence
- sixteenpenny
- last sixteen
- round of sixteen
- sixteen hundred
- sixteen penny nail
- sixteen-penny nail
- sweet sixteen
Word history
From Old English "sixtīene".
Where this comes from
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