decimosexto

See also: décimo sexto

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛsɪməʊˈsɛkstəʊ/

Adjective

decimosexto (not comparable)

1. having sixteen leaves to a sheet

   a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size

Noun

decimosexto (plural decimosextos)

1. a book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves

   Synonyms: sextodecimo, sixteenmo

Anagrams

• sextodecimo

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  15	16	17  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: dieciséis     Ordinal: decimosexto, décimo sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 16.º     Fractional: dieciseisavo
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Alternative forms

• décimo sexto

Etymology

From décimo +‎ sexto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeθimoˈseɡsto/ [ˌd̪e.θi.moˈseɣ̞s.t̪o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˌdesimoˈseɡsto/ [ˌd̪e.si.moˈseɣ̞s.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɡsto
• Syllabification: de‧ci‧mo‧sex‧to

Adjective

decimosexto (feminine decimosexta, masculine plural decimosextos, feminine plural decimosextas)

1. (ordinal number) sixteenth

Further reading

• “decimosexto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024