sixteen
SIKS-teen/ˈsɪks.tiːn/
- 1The number that comes after fifteen and before seventeen, written as 16.
She turned sixteen last month and got her learner's permit.
The recipe makes sixteen small cookies.
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Origin
It comes from Old English "sixtīene." It is made from "six" plus "-teen."