dieciséis
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Asturian[edit]
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Cardinal : dieciséis Ordinal : decimosestu | ||
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From diez (“ten”) + y (“and”) + seis (“six”).
Numeral[edit]
dieciséis (indeclinable)
Spanish[edit]
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Cardinal: dieciséis Ordinal: decimosexto Fractional: dieciseisavo |
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /djeθiˈseis/, [d̪je.θiˈsei̯s]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /djesiˈseis/, [d̪je.siˈsei̯s]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Numeral[edit]
dieciséis
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Tagalog: disiseis
Further reading[edit]
- “dieciséis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014