English
Etymology
From Middle English sextene , sixtene , from Old English siextīene , sixtēne , sixtyne , from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun . Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin , Dutch zestien , German sechzehn , Danish seksten .
Pronunciation
( next word stressed near the first syllable )
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈsɪks.tiːn/
( next word stressed after the first syllable )
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˌsɪksˈtiːn/
Rhymes: -iːn
Numeral
sixteen
The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen , represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI .
Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen .
Translations
cardinal number 16
Afrikaans: sestien (af)
Albanian: gjashtëmbëdhjetë (sq)
American Sign Language: (please verify )
Amharic: አስራ ስድስት ( ʾäsra sədsət )
Arabic: سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ ( sittata ʕašara )
Egyptian Arabic: ستاشر ( sittāšar )
Aramaic:
Hebrew: שתעסר m ( shta‘sar ) , שתעסרא f ( shta‘esrē )
Armenian: տասնվեց (hy) ( tasnvecʻ )
Asturian: dieciséis (ast)
Aymara: tunka suxtani
Azerbaijani: on altı (az)
Bashkir: ун алты ( un altı )
Basque: hamasei (eu)
Belarusian: шасна́ццаць ( šasnáccacʹ )
Bengali: সোলো ( śōlō ) (numeral: ১৬ )
Breton: c'hwezek (br)
Bulgarian: шестна́десет ( šestnádeset ) , шестна́йсет ( šestnájset )
Burmese: ဆယ့်ခြောက် ( hcai.hkrauk ) (numeral: ၁၆ )
Buryat: арбан зургаан ( arban zurgaan )
Catalan: setze (ca)
Cebuano: napulog unom , desisayis
Central Sierra Miwok: naˀá·ča- tém·ok·a-ˀ hej·i-ˀ
Chechen: ялхитта ( jalxitta )
Cherokee: ᏓᎳᏚ ( daladu )
Chichewa: khumi n'zisanu n'chimodzi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 十六 ( sap6 luk6 )
Hakka: 十六 ( sṳ̍p-liuk )
Mandarin: 十六 (zh) ( shíliù )
Chuvash: вунулттă ( vunulttă ) , вунултă ( vunultă ) , вунулт ( vunult )
Classical Nahuatl: caxtōlli oncē
Classical Syriac: ܫܬܥܣܪ m ( shta‘sar ) , ܫܬܥܣܪܐ f ( shta‘esrē )
Crimean Tatar: on altı
Czech: šestnáct (cs)
Dalmatian: setco
Danish: seksten (da)
Dena'ina: k'uzhch'en'i beq'di
Dhivehi: ސޯޅަ ( sōḷa )
Dutch: zestien (nl) f
Esperanto: dek ses
Estonian: kuusteist (et)
Fijian: tini ka ono
Finnish: kuusitoista (fi)
French: seize (fr)
Friulian: sedis
Galician: dezaseis (gl)
Georgian: თექვსმეტი (ka) ( tekvsmeṭi )
German: sechzehn (de)
Greek: δεκαέξι (el) ( dekaéxi )
Ancient: ἐκκαίδεκα ( ekkaídeka ) , ιϛ΄ ( numeral )
Greenlandic: arvirsanillit
Haitian Creole: sèz
Hawaiian: ʻumikūmāono
Hebrew: שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה f ( shesh esré ) ( used in counting ) , שישה עשר \ שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר m ( shishá asár )
Hindi: सोलह (hi) ( solah )
Hopi: pakwt niikyang navay siikya’ta
Hungarian: tizenhat (hu)
Hunsrik: sechzen
Icelandic: sextán (is)
Ido: dek-e-sis
Inari Sami: kuttnubáloh
Indonesian: enam belas (id)
Interlingua: dece-sex
Irish: sé déag
Italian: sedici (it) m
Japanese: 十六 (ja) ( じゅうろく, jūroku )
Kannada: ಹದಿನಾರು (kn) ( hadināru )
Kazakh: он алты (kk) ( on alty )
Khmer: ដប់ប្រាំមួយ ( dop pram muoy ) (numeral: ១៦ )
Komi-Permyak: дасквать ( daskvať )
Korean: 열여섯 (ko) ( yeoryeoseot ) , 십육 (ko) ( simnyuk ) 十六 (ko) , 십륙 ( simnyuk ) ( North Korea )
Kurdish:
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Sorani: شانزە ( şanze )
Kyrgyz: он алты (ky) ( on altı )
Lakota: akéšakpe
Lao: ສິບຫົກ ( sip hok ) (numeral: ໑໖ )
Latin: sēdecim (la)
Latvian: sešpadsmit (lv)
Lithuanian: sešiolika
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Livonian: kūžtuoistõn
Low German: sössteihn (nds) , sossteihn
German Low German: sössteihn (nds)
Luxembourgish: siechzéng (lb)
Lü: ᦉᦲᧇᦷᦠᧅ ( ṡiibḣok ) (numeral: ᧑᧖ )
Macedonian: шесна́есет ( šesnáeset )
Malagasy: enina ambinifolo
Malay: enam belas , sepuluh enam , satu puluh enam
Maltese: sittax
Mansi: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mns" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Maori: tekau mā ono (mi)
Mapudungun: marikayu
Middle English: sixtene
Mongolian: арван зургаа (mn) ( arvan zurgaa )
Navajo: hastą́ʼáadah
Norman: seize
Northern Sami: guhttanuppelohkái
Norwegian: seksten (no)
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Occitan: setze (oc)
Ojibwe: ashi-ingodwaaswi
Old Church Slavonic: шесть на десѧте ( šestĭ na desęte )
Oriya: ଶୋଳ ( śoḷô ) (numeral: ୧୬ ( 16 ) )
Pashto: شپاړس (ps) ( špâṛës )
Pennsylvania German: sechzeh , sexzeh , sechtzay
Persian: شانزده (fa) ( šânzdah )
Polish: szesnaście (pl) , ( collective ) szesnaścioro (pl)
Portuguese: dezasseis (pt) , dezesseis (pt)
Punjabi: ਸੋਲਾਂ (pa) ( solā̃ )
Quechua: chunka suqtayuq
Romani:
Kalo Finnish Romani: deȟ-o-ȟou
Romanian: șaisprezece (ro) , șaișpe ( informal )
Romansch: ( Grischun, Surmiran ) sedesch , ( Puter, Vallader ) saidesch , ( Sursilvan ) sedisch
Russian: шестна́дцать (ru) ( šestnádcatʹ )
Rusyn: шістна́дцить ( šistnádcytʹ )
S'gaw Karen: တဆံဃု ( ta hsee xu )
Samoan: sefulu ono
Samogitian: šešiuolėka
Sanskrit: षोडशन् (sa) ( ṣóḍaśan )
Sardinian: sedichi , seghi , segi , seighi
Scottish Gaelic: sia deug
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шеснаест
Roman: šesnaest
Shan: သိပ်းႁူၵ်း ( síp húuk )
Sinhalese: දහසය ( dahasaya )
Skolt Sami: kutmlo
Slovak: šestnásť (sk)
Slovene: šestnajst (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: šesnasćo
Upper Sorbian: šěsnaće
Spanish: dieciséis (es) m
Swedish: sexton (sv)
Tagalog: labing-anim (tl) , disisais
Tahitian: hō'ē 'ahuru ma ono
Tajik: шонздаҳ (tg) ( šonzdah )
Tatar: уналты ( unaltı )
Telugu: పదహారు (te) ( padahāru )
Thai: สิบหก (th) ( sìp-hòk ) (numeral: ๑๖ )
Tibetan: བཅུ་དྲུག ( bcu drug )
Tigre: ዐስር ወስስ ( ʿäsr wäss )
Tigrinya: ዓሰርተ ሽድሽተ ( ʿasärtä šədšətä )
Tongan: hongofulu mā ono
Turkish: on altı (tr)
Turkmen: on alty (tk)
Ukrainian: шістна́дцять (uk) ( šistnádcjatʹ )
Urdu: سولہ ( solah )
Uyghur: ئون ئالتە (ug) ( on alte )
Vietnamese: mười sáu
Volapük: degmäl , balsemäl ( older term, obsolete )
Welsh: un ar bymtheg (cy) ( vigesimal, traditional ) , un deg chwech (cy) ( decimal )
West Frisian: sechstjin (fy)
Wolof: fukk ak juróom benn
Yakut: уон алта ( uon alta )
Yiddish: זעכצן ( zekhtsn )
Yup'ik: akimiaq atauciq
Zhuang: cib loeg
See also
Anagrams
Middle English
Numeral
sixteen
Alternative form of sixtene