sixteenth

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**English ordinal numbers**
< 15th	16th	17th >
Ordinal : sixteenth Cardinal : sixteen

sixteenth

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

16th, 16^th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVI

the ordinal form of the number sixteen

Basque: hamaseigarren (eu)
Bengali: ষোড়শ (bn)
Catalan: setzè (ca) m.
Crimean Tatar: on altıncı
Dutch: zestiende (nl)
Finnish: kuudestoista (fi)
French: seizième (before the noun); seize (after the name)
German: sechzehnter (de)
Hungarian: tizenhatodik (hu)
Italian: sedicesimo m., sedicesima f. (before the noun); sedicesimo m., sedicesima f. (after the name)

Korean: 열여섯째 (ko) (yeoleoseosjjae)
Latin: sextus decimus (la) m., sexta decima (la) f., sextum decimum (la) n.
Navajo: hastą́ʼáadah góneʼ
Polish: szesnasty m., szesnasta f., szesnaste n. (abbreviation 16.)
Romanian: al șaisprezecelea m., a șaisprezecea f., al șaișpelea (m, informal), a șaișpea (f, informal)
Russian: шестнадцатый (ru) (šesnádcatyj)
Spanish: decimosexto (es)
Turkish: on altıncı (tr) (abbreviations 16'ncı, 16.)

sixteenth (plural sixteenths)

(fractional) One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.

A sixteenth of 320 is 20.

one of sixteen equal parts of a whole