dieciséis
Asturian
| < 15 | 16 | 17 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : dieciséis Ordinal : decimosestu | ||
Alternative forms
- selce
Etymology
From diez (“ten”) + y (“and”) + seis (“six”).
Numeral
dieciséis (indeclinable)
- sixteen
Spanish
| ← 15 | 16 | 17 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: dieciséis Ordinal: decimosexto, décimo sexto Ordinal abbreviation: 16.º Fractional: dieciseisavo | ||
| Spanish Wikipedia article on 16 | ||
Etymology
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
- sixteen
- Synonym: sece (obsolete)
Derived terms
- dieciseisavo
Descendants
- → Tagalog: disiseis
Further reading
- “dieciséis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014