sixteen
SIKS-teen/ˈsɪks.tiːn/
- 1The cardinal number after fifteen and before seventeen, written as 16 in Arabic numerals and XVI in Roman numerals.
The new stadium has sixteen entrances spaced around its perimeter.
Sixteen states adopted the new safety standard within the first year.
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Origin
This word was inherited from Middle English "sextene," from Old English "sixtīene," from Proto-Germanic "*sehstehun." It is related to Dutch "zestien" and German "sechzehn," and is equivalent to "six" plus "-teen."