sixteen

Signification (Anglais)

The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.

Concepts

seize

16

Synonymes

16

sixteenth

16th

xvi

XVI

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɪks.tiːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English sextene, sixtene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten. Equivalent to six + -teen.

Phrases

The lease ran out in sixteen weeks .

Le bail s'est écoulé en seize semaines.

That he had attended a seminary until he was sixteen .

Qu'il avait assisté à un séminaire jusqu'à l'âge de seize ans.