sixteen

Signification

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɪks.tiːn/

Étymologie

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.