dieciséis

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Asturian

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Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  15 16 17  > 
    Cardinal : dieciséis
    Ordinal : decimosestu

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From diez (ten) + y (and) + seis (six).

Numeral

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dieciséis (indeclinable)

  1. sixteen

Spanish

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Spanish numbers (edit)
 ←  15 16 17  → 
    Cardinal: dieciséis
    Ordinal: decimosexto, décimo sexto
    Ordinal abbreviation: 16.º
    Fractional: dieciseisavo

Etymology

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Inherited 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

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /djeθiˈseis/ [d̪je.θiˈsei̯s]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /djesiˈseis/ [d̪je.siˈsei̯s]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eis
  • Syllabification: die‧ci‧séis

Numeral

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dieciséis

  1. sixteen
    Synonym: sece (obsolete)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Tagalog: disiseis

Further reading

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